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:.    B.    COOK,     Editor     and     Publisher,     Myfon,     Utah 


J.  H.  COLTHARP  WM.  GENTRY  B.  L.  DART 

President  Vice-President  Cashier 

Ike 

My  ton  State  Bank 

MYTON,  UTAH 

CAPITAL,    -    -    $25,000 

A  bank  organized  by  local  capital  and  experienced  business  men  to  build  up  the 
Reservation  country.  Managed  by  men  who  understand  the  needs  of  the  people  it  serves. 
Inquiries  regarding  investments  will  have  our  careful  attention.  We  invite  Homeseekers  to 
make  this  their  banking  home  with  the  assurance  of  courteous  and  careful  attentioB  to 
their  business. 

Nichols    &?  Donaldson 

General 
Merchandise 

HAY   AND    GRAIN 
Irrigated  Farms  and  Moflat  Town  Lots 


NICHOLS  &  DONALDSON,  Moftat,  Utah 


THE  BEST  ON  EARTH 


Studebaker  Line 

Wagons,    Buggies    and    Harness 
STUDEBAKER    BROS.    CO.,    of    UTAH 

VERNAL  BRANCH  HOUSE- R.  CALDER,  Resident  Manager 

Homeseekers 


If  you  want  to  know  more  in  detail,  about  the  splendid  country 
described  in  this  booklet,  and  rich  in  its  undeveloped  resources, 
enclose  a  One  Dollar  Bill,  with  your  inquiry  to : 

T.  W.   O'DONNELL,  Vernal,  Utah 

and  you  will  be  promptly  furnished  with  reliable  information, 
based  upon  a  nine  years  experience  and  residence  in  Uintah 
County,  Utah. 


REFERENCE   by  permission   to  the  U.  S.  Register  or  Receiver  of  the 
Land  Office  or  any  business  house  in  Vernal. 


DR.  CHAS.  HIRTH 

ignttat 

PROPRIETOR   JACKRABBIT   RANCH 

MYTON,  UTAH 


R.  S.  COLLETT  B.  D.  NEBEKER 

Uintab  Realty  and  Investment  Co. 

Real  Estate,  Insurance,  Loans 

VERNAL,    UTAH 

We  are  in  a  position  to  interest  and  serve  those  seeking  good  farm  lands, 
If  you  desire  a  home  or  wish  to  invest  in  GOOD  CHEAP  LANDS  that  are 
constantly  and  rapidly  appreciating  in  value,  write  us  or  call  on  us  at  our  office. 

THE  ACORN 

Mercantile    Company 

Carries  a  Complete  Line  of  Groceries, 
Dry  Goods,  Boots,  Skoes,  Hats  and 
Caps.  CL^^e  also  handle  Baled  Hay, 
Oats,  Wneat  and  Barley. 

VERNAL  HONEY  a  SPECIALTY 

Shelf  Hardware  and  Farm  Implement* 


Xne  Acorn  Mercantile  Company 

VERNAL,  UTAH 


PIANOS 

Hobart  M.  Cable 
Kurtzman 
Kimball 
Sterling 


O  R  CAN  S 
GUITARS 
MANDOLINS 
VIOLINS 

Musical 
Supplies 


GLOBE  WERNICKE  BOOK  and  FILING  CASES 
LEONARD    Porcelain   Lined    REFRIGERATORS 


E.W.Davis^Co. 

Established  1890.  W.  S.  HENDERSON,  Manager 

Home 
Furnishers 

VERNAL,       UATH 

Write  us 


Wagner  Go-Carts,  Felted  Mattresses,  Davis  Steel 
Ranges,  Iron  and  Brass  Beds,  Carpets  and  Rugs, 
Linoleum.  Everything  in  house  furnishings.  Every 
article  of  high  standard  manufacture. 


The  Vernal  Harness  Company 

Dealers  and  Manufacturers    of  HARNESS, 

SADDLES,  BRIDLES,  TENTS, 

D  A  r*Y     ^M  TTFITC          EVERYTHING   IN    THE 

PACK  OUTFITS.     LEATHER  LINE 

The  Vernal  Harness  Company,  Vernal,  Utah 


Frank  Croxford 
Elias  Winn 


BRIGHAM   CHRISTENSEN 

Fruit,  Shade  and  Ornamental 
Trees,  Shrubs  and  Vines 

Honey,  Bees  and  Beeswax  in  large  or  small  quantities 

ROOSEVELT,  UTAH 


Eastern  Utah    Headquarters 

For  Hardware,  Glass,  Paints, 
Oils,  Chinaware,  and  a  Com- 
plete Line  of  Sash  and  Doors 

ALL   GOODS   SHIPPED   IN    CAR   LOTS 


and  we  are  Price-Makers 
for  this  section  of  country 


Leslie  Ashton  Hardware  Co. 
VERNAL,  UTAH  TELEPHONE 


VERNAL  10 


GEO.  E.   ADAMS 

Outfitting  Homeseekers 
and  Tourists  a  Specialty 


Full    and    Complete    line   of    Tents,   Tarpaulins    and   Beds. 
General  Merchandise,  Clothing  and  Shoes.     Hay  and  Grain 

VERNAL,  UTAH 

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REAL  ESTATE 
EXCHANGE 


John  Glenn,  Manager 


RRIGATED  and  Unimproved 
Farms  bought  and  sold.  Power 
Sites,  Reservoir  Sites  and  Carey 
I,  Land  Propositions  handled. 
TWENTY  YEARS'  EXPERIENCE  IN 
THE  LAND  OFFICE  BUSINESS. 
Special  attention  paid  to  State  Lands  and 
32o-Acre  Homesteads  under  the  Smoot  Act. 


VERNAL  and  INDEPENDENCE 


UTAH 

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JOSEPH  F.  SMITH  W.  S.  MCCOBNICK  MELVIN  D.  WELLS  GRANT  HAMPTON 

President  Vice-President  Secretary  and  Treasurer  Ass't  Sec.-Treas. 

Consolidated  Wagon  & 
Machine  Co, 

(INCORPORAT   E   D) 

Leading  Implement   Dealers 

HARDWARE,  STOVES,  RANGES,  VEHICLES,  CUTTERS,  SLEIGHS, 

HARNESS,  SADDLES,   FEED  CHOPPERS,  GRINDERS, 

GASOLINE  ENGINES 

SNBLLEN  JOHNSON,  Local  Manager,  Vernal,  Utah 
GEO.  T.  ODELL,  General  Managrer,  Utah  and  Idaho 

DIRECTORS  :  Joseph  F.  Smith,  W.  S.  McCornick,  Geo.  Romney,  Geo.  T.  Odell,  G.  G.  Wright, 
John  Henry  Smith,  L.  S.  Hills,  C.  S.  Burton,  J.  H.  Moyle,  Melvin  D.  Wells,  Francis  M, 
Lyman,  Thos.  R.  Cutler,  G.  Hampton. 


!Elk  iritg 


Successors  to 
Walter  Lloyd  Drug  Company 


Has  one  of  the  best  equipped  establishments  in  Northeastern  Utah.      Service 
accurate    and    reliable.       An    inspection  of    our  lines  respectfully  solicited. 

ELK  DRUG  COMPANY  VERNAL,  UTAH 

Newton  Brothers 

HARNESS,  SADDLES,  BOOTS  AND  SHOES 
REPAIR   COMPANY 

TENTS,  TARPAULINS,  CANVAS  GOODS 
AND  PACK  OUTFITS 

NEWTON  BROTHERS,  VERNAL,  UTAH 


L.  W.  CURRY,  g 

General    Merchandise 

ana  Indian  Trader 


SUPPLIES  FOR  SHEEP  MEN 


L.  W.   CURRY 

Hat  Bands,  Belts,  and 

All  kinds  of  Indian  Curios  Ouray,   Utah. 


Calve  rt 


GENERAL 
MERCHANDISE 


HAY    AND    GRAIN,    HARDWARE    AND 
HARNESS,    TARPAULINS     AND     BEDDING 

Myton,  Utah 


ED.  F.  HARMSTON 
A. C. HARMSTON 

IRRIGATION  ENGINEERS 

Canal  Systems  Located,  Estimated,  Mapped,  Blue  Printed 

ROOSEVELT,   UTAH 


Colorado  House 

Transient  and  Regular  Boarders 

Hotel  has  just  been  remodeled  and  renovated 


Florence  Shirtleff 
Proprietress 


LIVERY  and  FEED  STABLE 
in  connection 


ROOSEVELT,  UTAH 


DAN  LAMBERT,   President  H.  J.   HARDING.  Vice-Prcsidant 

J.  H.  HARDY,  Secretary  and  Manager  WM.  H.   SMART,  Treasurer 

Directors:  William  H.  Siddoway,  Owen  Bennion,  Ephraim  Lambert. 
^rilliam    H.   Smart,    J.    H.    Hardy,  H.  J.  Harding,    Dan  Lambert. 


Roosevelt  Mercantile  Company 

General 
Merchandise 

HAY,  GRAIN  AND  LUMBER 

Outfitters  for  Homeseekers  and  Tourists 

Roosevelt  Mercantile  Company,  Roosevelt,  Utah 


HOTEL  ARLINGTON 

TOM      FIRTH,      Proprietor 

THEODORE,   UTAH 

Room  and  Board  by  day,  week  or  month  at  Reasonable  Rates 

SPECIAL     RATES     TO     HOMESEEKERS 

J.  A.  WILSON 

Atiornnj  attft  QhmttafUnr  at  ICate 

Practices  in  all  the  Courts.      Has  had    many  years   of   practice   in   the   Courts   and   in 

the  Land  Office. 

Office  in  Coltharp  Block.  Phone  6 

VERNAL,  UTAH 

ALBERT   HALEN,    C.    E. 

Surveyor  and   Civil  Engineer 

Thirty  years  experience  in  irrigation  engineering.  Construction 
Engineer  of  the  Ouray  Valley  Irrigation  Co.,  Uintah  River 
Irrigation  Co.,  Colorado  Park  Irrigation  Co. 

IMPROVED  AND  UNIMPROVED  FARMS  FOR  SALE 

Ideal   Dairy  Farm 

and  Stock  Ranch 

On  Duchesne  River,  four  miles  east  of  My  ton.     Will  sell  owing  to  hotel 
business  demanding  my  attention. 

MRS.  H.  CALVERT,  MYTON,  UTAH 


S.  R.  BENNION,  President  ENOS  BENNION,  Manager 


Established  1888 

ASHLEY  CO-OP. 


(Incorporated) 


DEALERS  IN  GENERAL 

Merchandise 

Hay,  Grain  and  Produce 


SUPPLY  BUSINESS  A  SPECIALTY 


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OFFICES    AT    FORT    DUCHESNE    AND    MYTON,    UTAH 

He  Hydro -Carbon 
l))iniiuj  Company 

( INCORPORATED) 

Properties  consist  of  MINES  containing 
A  ,f,,  from  which  MINERAL 
AtgVlllte  RUBBER  is  manufactured. 

Gilsonitc  and  Elatewte  J^J 

PAINTS,  VARNISHES,  SHCLLACS  and  ROOFINGS 
are  manufactured,  and  which  are  Acid  and 

Weidgefite  From  which  a  SPECIAL 

MARINE    PAINT    is    manufactured. 
Ar^f*^f4.^  (Vein    122    feet   thick.) 

Asphalttim  ^Estimated  to  contailj 

Four  Hundred  and  Fifty-Six  Million  Tons. 

All  MINES  located  in  the  Uintah  Basin, 
which  contains  the  richest  deposits  of  Hydro- 
Carbons  known  to  the  world. 

For   Farther  Information,    Address    the     Company    at 

FORT  DUCHESNE,  UTAH 

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ESTABLISHED    1894 


(Incorporated) 


Dry  Goods 
Groceries 
Boots  and  Shoes 
Gents'  Furnishings 


HOMESEEKERS'     OUTFITS 


i.  p.  Olflttljarjt  iTOmanttlp  (Ha. 
VERNAL,  UTAH 


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Wealtk  of  tke 
TJintan   Basin,   Utah 


OPPORTUNITY 

Master  of  human  destines  am  I, 
Fame,  Love  and  Fortune  on  my  footsteps  wait. 
Cities  and  fields  I  walk ;  I  penetrate 
Deserts  and  seas  remote,  and  passing  by 
Hovel,  and  mart  and  palace  --  soon  or  late 
I  knock  unbidden  ONCE  at  every  gate. 

If  sleeping,  wake  —  if  feasting,  rise  before 
I  turn  away.     It  is  the  hour  of  fate, 
And  they  who  follow  me  reach  every  state 
Mortals  desire,  and  conquer  every  foe, 
Save  death,  but  those  who  doubt  or  hesitate, 
Condemned  to  failure,  penury  and  woe, 
Seek  me  in  vain,  and  uselessly  implore, 
I  answer  not,  and  I  return  no  more. 

-JOHN  JAMES  ING  ALLS. 


Copyrighted  1910 
C.  B.  Cook,  Myton,  Utah 

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Apples  Grown  in  Ashley  Valley 


(Thome  Bros.  Photo) 


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BANCROFT 
LIBRARY 


Introductory 


|  HEN  George  Barr  McCutcheon  conceived  the  idea  of 
his  Graustark,  a  country  somewhere  this  side  of  the 
settling  sun,  he  must  have  been  standing  on  a  high 
peak,  overlooking  the  great  Uintah  Basin  in  North- 
eastern Utah.  His  country  was  a  dreamland,  a  freak 
of  the  imagination,  basking  under  soft  summer  sun,  canopied  with 
blue  skies,  .studded  with  myriads  of  diamond  stars.  Through  val- 
leys crystal  streiams  sang  songs  of  joy;  on  hillside  and  mountain 
top  multi-colored  flowers  ran  riot.  The  people  were  contented  and 
prosperous.  The  cornucopia  of  wealth  poured  products  of  the  earth 
with  lavish  plenty. 

The  main  difference  between  McCutcheon 's  wonderland  and 
the  Uintah  Basin  is  that  his)  was  imaginative,  this  is  not.  There 
are  other  differenceiS.  If  his  mountains  were  high,  skies,  blue,  stars 
bright,  sunshine  balmy,  water  crystal,  air  bracing,  our  mountains 
are  higher,  skies  bluer,  stars  brighter,  sunshine  more  balmy,  water 
and  air  purer. 

The  Uintah  Basin  is  almost  isolated  from  the  outside  world. 
To  the  north,  east,  south  and  west  the  territory  is  thickly  settled, 
but  in  this  Basin  the  population'  is  sparse,  owing  to  the  isolation. 
But  when  a  man  once  enters  this  glorious  country  he  seldom  has 
a  desire  to  leave  it.  Not  only  a,re  the  climatic  conditions!  ideal, 
and  the  earth  productive  of  riches,  but  the  people  are  hospitable 
and  helpful.  Many  of  them  anei  pioneers,  who1  crossed  the  plains 
in  ox-carts.  They  have  endured  hardships  and  are  therefore  better 
able  to  offer  a  hand  to  the1  man  who  is  a  stranger  in  a  strange 
land. 

The  lawyer  usually  teJls  the  jury  in  advance  what  he  purposes 
to  prove.  Thie  foregoing  statements  will  be  proven,.  Let's  first 
take  a  trip,  part  by  rail  and  the)  rest  of  the  way  overland, 

Thene  are  various  routes  and  some  of  them  are  delightful  even 
though  tedious.  Traveling  from  the  east  or  the>  west  you  quit  the 
D.  &  R.  G.  railroad  at  Mack,  Colorado.  The  Uintah  Railway 
train  is  made  up  and  ready  to  start  on  a  wonderful  journey, 
through  valley  and  canon  and  across*  the  Baxter  pass  at  the  sum- 
mit of  the  Book  Cliffs.  A  scene  of  this  road  in  another  part  of 
the  booklet,  shows  a  7y2  per  cent  grade  and  66  degree  curves.  The 

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road  was  constructed  principally  for  the  purpose  of  hauling  the 
immense  tonnage  of  gilsonite.  At  Mack  and  Dragon  the  railroad 
company  has  commodiouis  boitels.  The'  distance  from  Mack  to 
Dragoon,  Utah,  is  55  miles.  Dragon  to  Vernal,  64  miles,  a,  stage 
relay  of  20  (horses,  conveys  tbe  passemgieir  to  Vernal,  in  the1  Ashley 
valley,  the  most  thickly  settled  portion  of  the  Uintah  Basin.  The 
trip  may  also  be  made  by  way  of  Ooition  or  Price,  on,  the  D.  &  R. 
G.  road.  Private1  conveyance  from  Price,  oo*  stagtei  from  Colton, 
and  the  traveler  is  soon  in  the  midst  of  the  vast  former  Uintah 
Indiam  Reservation,  where  many  town®  have  sprung  up  and  where 
much  land  has  been  developed.  Another  route  is  by  way  of  the 
Denver,  Northwestern  &  Pacific  (The  Moffat)  road,  from  Denver 
to  Steamboat  'Springs  and  theme e  to  the  Basin,  in  private  convey- 
ance. Occasionally  a  trip  is  made  from,  points*  oni  the  Union,  Pa- 
cific in  Wyoming,  by  way  of  Brown's  park  and  Lucerme  valley. 
The  route  by  way  of  Mack  is  preferable. 

Now  you  are  in  the  Basim;  look  around  you.  It  is  the  land  of 
opportunity.  From  the  summit  of  the  Wasatch  mountains  on  the 
west  tio  the  Utah- Colorado  lime-  on  the  east,  average  distance  120 
miles,  from  the  Uintah  range  on,  the  north  to  the  Book  Cliffs  on 
the  south,  average  distance  70  miles,  total  8,400  square  miles,  total 
acreage  5,376,000  acres,  is  a  territory  rich  in  agriculture*,  stock 
raising,  mineral  and  oil  possibilities. 

The  essential  elements  that  enter  into  the  growth  of  vegeta- 
tion are  climate,  soil  and  water.  One  is  as  necessary  as  thie  other. 
The  three  are  here  in  sup er-abun dance.  The  altitude  of  the  Basin 
is  from  5,000  to  6,000  feet  above  the  sea  level.  The  atmosphere 
is  naturally  dry  and  purei,  a  giver  of  health  to  man  and  beast. 
The  sun  shines  in  whole  or  in  part,  325  days  out  of  the  365  each 
year.  On  the  west  and  northwest,  from  whence  come  the  spring 
winds,  is  a  shelter  of  lofty  mountains,  some  of  ithe  peaks  of  which 
stand,  solemn  and  majestic,  uncovered  heads  white  with  snow,  to 
heights  of  more  than  13,500  feet.  The  wind,  which  would  sweep 
down  that  vast  territory  at  terrific  velocity  but  for  these'  shelteirs, 
passes  to  the  north  of  the  Uintah  mountains  into  Wyoming,  and 
the  blizzards  rage  in  that  state  while  over  here  the  peaceful  val- 
leys are  kissed  by  a  smiling  sun.  For  a  few  weeks  in  the  spring  there 
is  considerable  wind,  but  nothing  to  compare  with  many  other 
western  states.  During  other  seasons  of  the  year  the  climate  is 
glorious.  The  summer  day  is  not  toio  hot  and  the  summer  night  is 

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a  delight.  The  autumn  is  a  dream.  Ripening  grain,  and  the  yel- 
low leaf  nod  at  each  other  in  sleepy  content,  while  the  luscious 
fruit  and  red-faced  wild  berry  pass  the  time  of  day.  Thei  winter 
is  still,  with  plenty  of  snow.  Now  and  then  the  weather  is  coldi, 
but  the  average  for  the  winter  is  not  severe.  The.  cold  season  is 
comparatively  short — a  month  or  six  weeks  at  the  most.  The 
snow  in  the  lowlands  melts  ieiarly  in  the  spring  and  long  before  the 
farmer  is  ready  to  begin  active  cultivation  the  ground  is  in  good 
shape.  In  the  mountains  the  snow  melt®  later,  and  in/  the  midst 
of  the  irrigation  season  the  streams  are  filled  to  the  brim.  The 
average  date  of  the  first  killing  frost  in  the  autumn  is  October 
4  and  the  last  in  the  spring  is  May  4.  The-  weather  conditions  in 
June,  July  and  August  are  so  nearly  perfect  that  the  growth  of 
vegetation  is  so  rapid  that  only  seeing  is  believing. 

The  estimated  area  of  land  is  5,376,000  acres,  of  which  540,000 
ac-reis  is  tillable.  The  portion  not  tillable  is1  divided  into  grazing, 
timber,  oil,  minieiral  and  "bad  lands. "  Of  the  tillable  land!  there 
is  probably  not  moire  than  75,000  acres  under  cultivation.  The 
general  slope  of  the  country  is  east  and  southeast,  with  a  fall  just 
right  for  easy  irrigation.  Nature  has  performed!  wonderful  feats 
since  this  land  was  covened  with  an  ocean,  inhabited  by  marine 
life.  The  formations  have  been  irregularly  eroded  into  lofty 
tables,  benches,  mesas,  radges,  buttes  and  spires,  between  which  lie 
rich  and  fertile  valleys,  waiting  for  the  conquering  hand  of  man. 
The  character  of  the  soil  varies  according  to  the  location.  In  one 
section  of  the  country  is  the  red  sandy  loam  and  in  another  is  the 
gray  clay.  The  low  country  is  "made'"  soil  and  is  anywhere  from 
five  to  fifty  feet  in  depth.  It  has  been  said  that  if  the  Uintah 
Basin  were  cut  off  from,  all  the  rest  of  the  world,  with  no  means 
of  ingress  or  egress,  it  would  be  self -supporting.  It  would  produce 
everything  with  the  exception  of  tropical  fruits.  It  would  doubt- 
less weary  the  reader  to  mention  in  detail  all  the  products  of  the 
earth  that  thrive  here,  The  main  crop  is  the  fruit,  alfalfa,  oats, 
wheat,  barley,  rye,  cane,  melons,  garden  truck  of  all  kinds,  sugar 
beets.  Of  the  540,000  acres  of  agricultural  land  in  the  Basin, 
394,520  are  located  as  follows: 

Ashley  creek,  50,000;  Whitero<ck,  62,440;  Uintah  river,  102,- 
880;  Lake  Fork,  77,500;  Bock  creek,  16,000;  Duchesne  river,  81,- 
200;  Strawberry  creek,  5,000.  The  figures  were  furnished  by  Ed. 
F.  Harmston,  C.  E.  Mr.  Harmston,  in  his  report,  says  the  above 
does  not  include  16,000  acres  Indian  allotments  and  4,000  acreg 

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Owned  by  white®,  under  t'he  White  river.  He  also  omits  small 
areas  of  land  under  the  Rod,  Cnirrant  and  Antelope  creeks,  as  the 
water  flow  isi  small.  In  speaking  of  the  Green  river  country,  Mr. 
Harmston  says  it  is  of  little  utility  from  an  irrigator's  stand- 
point, owing  to  the  depression  of  its  channels  below  irrigable  lands 
along  its  course.  (There  are  projects  under  way  which  may  result 
in  taking  water  from  this  stream  by  means  of  dams.  Other  proj- 
ects contemplate  pumping  the  water.  The  lift  at  many  points 
would  be  but  a  short  distance. — Editor.) 

Continuing,  Mr.  Harmston  says  there  is  an  extensive  tract 
known  as-  the  Dead  Man's  Bench  and  Coyote  Basin,  having  an 
area  of  50,000  acres,  which  cannot  be  watered  by  any  stream  in 
Utah.  He  thinks  a  canal  taken  from  Bear  river  in  Colorado  could 
be  built  to  cover  this  land,  but  suggests  that  complications!  might 
arise  from  an  interstate  proposition  of  this  l^ind.  These  bring  the 
total  -to  464,520.  There  is  a  sufficient  area  not  here  included,  to 
make  a  total  of  more  than  half  a  million  acres. 

It  is  the  best  watiened  country  in  the  West.  In  order  to  get 
an  idea  of  the  number  of  streams  the  reader  is  invited  to  refer  to 
the  map.  The  rivers  and  creeks>,  rising  in  the  mountains,  hurry 
in  their  mad  flight,  omei  running  into  the  other,  until  the  identity 
of  all  merges  into  three,  near  Ouray,  and  aferwards  into  one,  the 
great  Green,  which  move®  on  in  search  of  the  mysteries  of  the 
Grand  canon  of  the-  Colorado'. 

On  another  page  is  a  table  of  canals  which  will  be  of  interest. 
Many  private  canals  have  been  supplying  water  for  some  years. 
Others  are  under  course  of  construction  and  others  are  in  contem- 
plation. As  rapidly  as1  money  can-  be  raised  the  work  progresses. 
A  number  of  big  irrigation  projects  are  under  way.  Among  these 
is  one  which  provides  for  watering  the  South  Myton;  Bench  and  a 
valley  to  t'he  southeast  with  an  area  approximating  50,000  acres. 

The  United  States  government  began  building  canals  for  In- 
dian lands  in  the  spring  of  1905.  At  the  close  of  the  year  1909  the 
sum  of  $550,000  had  been  expended  and  122  miles  of  main  canals, 
with  167  miles  of  laterals  had  been  completed.  There  remains 
about  30  miles  of  canalis  to  construct.  By  the  close  of  the  year 
1910  all  this  work  will  have  been*  finished.  The  area  of  Indian 
lands  now  covered  is  85,000  acres.  The  total  area  when  all  canals 
are  complete  will  be  98,360,  leaving  13,640  yet  to  be  watered, 
which  will  be  done  in  time.  The  average  cost  of  the  construction 
of  government  canals  is  $7  per  acre.  The  average  cost  of  water 

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Seighert,  Percheron  Stallion,  Imported  from  France.     Cost  $5,000.     Has  250  Colts  in 
Uintah  Basin.     Took  Second  Prize  at  St.  Louis  World's  Fair 


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throughout  the  Basin,  is  $10  peer  acre.  Thene  is>  more  water,  even 
at  low  tide,  than1  is  required  to  irrigate  all  the  land'. 

There  are  a  great  many  people  who  think  that  dry  farming  is 
a  new  agricultural  practice.  This  is  not  true.  The  farmers  of 
Utah  have  been  raising  crops  on  their  dry  lands,  with  a  rainfall 
of  less  than  fifteen  inches,  for  more  than  half  a  century  mow. 
Moire  than  that;  dry  farming  has  been  practiced  since  the  dawn 
of  civilization  ins  Egypt  and  in  India. 

The  beginning  of  dry  farming  in  this  state  occurred  through 
an  accident.  Along  in/  1865  a  little  company  of  immigrants,  most 
of  whom  hailed  from  the  Scandinavian  countries,  settled  in  the 
Bear  River  valley,  and  diverted  the  waters  from  the  Malad  river 
for  irrigation  purposes.  The  waters  of  this  stream  are  heavy  with 
alkali,  and  it  was  only  a  matter  of  a  few  years  until  the  lands  of 
the  settlers  became  so  largely  impregnated  with  the  noxious  salts, 
that  crops  were  unable  to  grow  upon  them.  In  desperation  the  set- 
tlers put  the(  plow  into(  the  sagebrush  ground  and  with  a  hopeless 
hope  planted  seed  in  the  soil  that  was  not  to  be  irrigated.  They 
succeeded  in  their  work,  and  since  that  time  dry  farming  methods 
have  been  in  vogue  in  this  state. 

The  area  in  the  Uintah  Basin  upon  which  it  will  be  difficult 
to  get  water  is  comparatively  small,  only  a  few  thousand  acres. 
Dry  faTming  has  been  successful,  though  the  experiments  have 
been  but  few.  Large  crops  of  wheat  have  been  raised  on  Dia- 
mond mountain,  north  of  the  Ashley  valley.  In  different  portions 
of  the  country  barley,  rye  and  other  grains  have  been  raised.  The 
average  annual  precipitation  for  the  past  fifteen  years  has  been 
nine  inches.  Of  late  years  the  precipitation  has  been  greater. 
Last  year,  on  parts  of  the  reservation,  it  was  14  inches. 

The  homeseeker  may  secure  land  under  the  homestead  act,  the 
enlarged  homestead  act,  the  desert  act,  the  Carey  act,  purchase 
from  the  state,  or  by  purchase  from  individuals.  The  best  way  to 
secure  land,  in  the  opinion,  of  many  people-,  is  to  purchase  it  out- 
right, owing  to  the  fact  that  it  is  offered  at  such  ridiculously  low 
prices.  Improved  farms,  with  permanent  water  rights,  can  be 
purchased  at  from  $15  to  $40  per  acre.  The  law  does  not  require 
residence  upon  land  purchased  from  individuals.  This  information 
is  given  for  the  benefit  of  many  who1  have  asked.  The  people  rep- 
resent many  nations,  but  Americans  are  moore  numerous.  Others 
include  the  German,  Swede,  Dane,  Jew,  Irish,  Scotch-Irish.  Under 
the  title  of  cities  and  town®  will  be  found  the  various  industries 
represented. 

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Hints  to  Homeseekers 


Every  citizen  of  the  United  States,  over  the  iage  of  21,  is  en- 
titled to  make  entry  upon  government  land,  under  the  homestead 
law.  A  married  woman,  upon  whom  depends  the  support  and 
maintenance  of  the  family,  is  entitled  to  make  entry.  Sailors  and 
soldiers  in  active  service  are  mot  entitled  to  make,  entry. 

The  pecrson  who  make®  a  filing  on  160  acres  of  land,  or  less, 
and  abandons  or  relinquishes  the  claim,  whether  by  contest  or 
voluntary  action,  exhausts  his  homestead  right.  Any  person  who 
abandoned  prior  to  February  8,  1908,  can  get  his  right  restored. 
The  homesteader  who  filed  upon  less  than  160  acres  and  made 
proof  is)  entitled  toi  make  an  additional  filing.  Residence  must  be 
established  and  maintained  just  as  in  the  case  of  the  original  fil- 
ing, unless  the  tract  adjoins  the  original  tract.  The'  homesteader 
is  allowed  six  months  from  the  date  of  filing,  to  establish  resi- 
dence. Before  he  may  make  final  proof  he  must  reside  upon  the 
land  for  fourteen)  consecutive  months  and  must  improve  and  culti- 
vate the;  land.  At  the  time-  of  filing,  the  homesteader  is  required 
to  pay  to  the  government  the  sum  of  $16  on  160  acres.  When 
final  proof  is  made  he  is  required  to  pay  the  government  $1.25 
per  acre  and  $6  fees.  An  absence  from  the  homestead  of  not  to 
exceed  six  months  may  be  allowed)  providing  the  money  earned  is 
expended  in  improvements  on  the  land.  Fourteen  months  in  which 
to  make  final  proof  is  not  compulsory.  Five  years'  time  will  be 
allowed,  but  even  in  that  event  the  entryman  must  reside  upon 
the  land  fourteen  consecutive  months  at  some  time  during  the  five 
years.  The  above  is  a  synopsis  of  the  homestead  laws  and  con- 
tains, in  brief,  all  the  information  the  homeseeker  needs. 

Under  the  Desert  Act  a  citizen  is  entitled  to  320  acres  of  land. 
Residence  upon  the  land  is  not  required,  but  the  entryman  must 
improve  the  land  to  the  amount  of  $1  per  -acre  per  year  for  three 
years.  At  the  end  of  the  fourth  year  he  must  have  the  irrigable 
portion  of  the  land  under  cultivation  and  irrigation.  The  entryman 
must  be  a  resident  of  the  state  in  which  the  land  Is  located,,  but 
residence  upo'n  the  land  is  not  required.  If  at  the  end  of  the  fourth 

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year,  the  entryman-  has  failed  to  get  water  on  the  land  and  shows 
that  be  has  complied  with  the  requirements  of  the  law,  he)  may 
have  an  extension  of  time  not  to  exceed  three  years.  Am  entry- 
man  of  <a  desert  claim,  is  allowed,  under  the  law,  to  assign;  a  por- 
tion of  the  land  for  a  consideration,  providing  the  asisignmjent  is 
made  to  a  qualified  en  try  man.  Any  person,  who,  prior  to  March 
28,  1908,  failed  to  bring  his  desert  claim  under  cultivation  is  en- 
titled1 to  a  second  entry. 

Under  what  is  known  as  the  Enabling  act,  there  was  granted 
by  the  government  to  the  State  of  Utah,  four  section®  of  school 
land  in  each  township.  Persons  desiring  to  purchase  this  land 
must  make  application  to  the  State  Land  Commissioners.  Much 
has  already  beeni  sold,  but  there  is  probably  left  in  the  Uintah 
Basin  20,000  acres.  The  present  appraised  valuation  is  $2.50  per 
acre.  The  purchases*  is  required  to  make  a  cash  payment  of  25 
cents  an  acre  and  the  balance  in  ten  annual  installments.  The 
purchasieir  is  required  to  reside  in  the  state  where  the  land  is 
located,  but  not  on  the  land. 

Under  what  is  knowu  as  the  Carey  act,  each  state  in  the  arid 
regions  is  allowed  to  dispose  of  2,000,000  acres  of  land  to  settlers. 
The  disposition  is  to  be  made  by  the  State  Land  Commissioners. 
The  states  are  required  to  enter  into  contracts  with  irrigation 
companies  providing  for  adequate  water  system®.  The  land  is 
then  sold  in  tracts  not  to  exceed  160  acres  to  any  one  person.  In 
order1  to  secure  this  land  the  purchaser  must  enter  into  a  contract 
with  the  •irrigation  company  to  purchase  water.  A  period  of  ten 
years  is  allowed  in  which  to  neiclaim  and  get  the  land  under  culti- 
vation. The  final  proof  is  similar  to  that  of  desert  claims.  The 
purchaser  is  not  required  to  reside  in  the  state  where  the  land  is 
located.  The  price  of  this  land  is  50  cents  per  acre,  one-half  pay- 
able in  cash  and  the  balance  at  the  time  of  making  final  proof. 
Final  proof  can  be  made  at  any  time  inside  of  ten  years,  provid- 
ing the  purchaser  has  water.  The  patent  to  the  land  is  issued  by 
the  government  to  the  state  and  by  the  state  to  the  individual. 
Land  that  has  been  segregated  under  the  Carey  act  is  not  subject 
to  any  other  entry.  The  segregation  is  made  at  the  request  of  the 
irrigation  company  and  plan®  and  specifications  must  accompany 
such  request  to  the  commissioner  of  the  general  land  office. 

An  act  of  Congress,  approved  February  19,  1909,  provides  that 
any  person  who  is  a  qualified  en  try  man  under  the  homestead  laws 

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of  the  United  States,  may  enter,  by  legal  sub-divisions,  in  Utah 
and  other  state's,  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  or  less,  of 
non-mineral,  non-irrigable,  unreserved  and  unappropriated  sur- 
veyed public  lands,  and  which  do  not  contain  merchantable  timber, 
located  in  a  reasonably  compact  body,  and  not  over  oine  and  one- 
half  miles  in  extreme  length;  provided,  that  no  lands  shall  be 
subject  to  entry  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  until  such  lands 
shall  have  been  designated  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  as  not 
being,  in  his  opinion,  susceptible  'otf  successful  irrigation  at  a  rea- 
sonable cost  from  any  known,  source  of  water  supply. 

Sec.  2.  That  any  person  applying  to  enter  land  under  the 
provisions  of  this  act  shall  make  .and  subscribe  before  the  proper 
officer  an  affidavit  as  required!  by  section  twenty-two  hundred  and 
ninety  of  the  Revised  Statutes,  and  in  addition  thereto  shall  make 
affidavit  that  the  land  sought  to  be  entered  is  of  the  character 
described  in  section  one  of  this  act,  and  shall  pay  the  fees  now 
required  to  be  paid  under  the  homestead  laws. 

Sec.  3.  That  any  homestead  entryman  of  lands  of  the  char- 
acter herein  described,  upon  whic'h  final  proof  has  not  been  made, 
shall  have  the  right  to  enter  public  lands,  subject  to<  the  provisions 
of  this  act,  contiguous  to  his  former  entry  which  ishall  not,  to- 
gether with  the  original  entry,  exce'Cd  three  hundred  and  twenty 
acres,  and  residence  upon  and  cultivation  of  the  original  entry 
shall  be  de'emed  as  residence*  upon  and  cultivation;  of  the  addi- 
tional entry. 

Seic.  4.  That  at  the  time  of  making  final  proofs  as  provided 
in  .section  twenty-two  hundred  and1  ninety-one  of  the  Revised  Stat 
utes  the  entryman  under  this  act  shall,  in  addition  to  the  proofs 
and  affidavits  required  under  the  said  section,  prove  by  two  cred- 
ible witnesses  that  at  least  one-eighth  of  the  area  embraced  in 
his  entry  was  continuously  cultivated  to  agricultural  crops  other 
than  native  grasses,  beginning  with  the  second  year  of  the  entry, 
and  that  at  least  one-fourth  of  the  area  'embraced  in  the  entry  was 
so  continuously  cultivated  beginning  with  the  third  year  of  the 
entry. 

Sec.  5.  That  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  held  to  affect 
the  rig'ht  of  a  qualified  entryman  to  make  homestead  entry  in>  the 
states  named  in  section  one  of  this  act  under  the  provisions  of  sec- 
tion twenty-two  hundred  and  eighty-nine  of  the  Revised  Statutes, 
but  no  person  who  has  made  entry  under  this  act  shall  be  entitled 

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to  make  homestead  entry  under  the  provisions  of  said  section,  and 
no  entry  made  under  this  act  shall  be  commuted. 

Sec.  6.  That  whenever  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  .shall 
find  that  any  tracts  of  land,  in  the  'State  of  Utah,  subject  to  entry 
under  this  act,  do  not  have  upon  them  sucTi  a  sunicientl  supply  of 
water  suitable  for  domestic  purposes  as  would  make  continuous 
residence  upon  the  lands  possible,  he  may,  in  his  discretion,  desig- 
nate such  tracts  of  land,  not  to  exceed  in  the  aggregate  two  mil- 
lion, acneis,  and  thereafter  they  shall  be  subject  to  entry  under  this 
act  without  the  necessity  of  residence:  Provided,  that  in  such 
event  tire  entryman  on  any  such  entry  shall  in  good  faih  cultivate 
not  less*  than  one-ieighth  of  thei  entire  area  of  the  entry  during  the 
second  year,  one-fourth  during  the  third  year,  and  one-half  during 
the  fourth  and  fifth  years  after  the  date  of  such  'entry,  and  that 
after  entry  and  until  final  proof  the  entryman  shall  reside  within 
such  distance  of  said  land  as  will  enable  him  successfully  to  farm 
the  same  as  required  by  this  section. 

HYDRO-CARBONS 

The  tonnage  'of  gilso'nite  in  the  Uintah  Basin  is  estimated  at 
thirty-twoi  million  tons.  This  does  mot  include  Elaterite,  Wurtzil- 
ite  Weidgerite,  Tabby ite,  Ozocerite  and  other  members  of  the 
Hydro- Garb  on  family.  The  estimated  value  of  Hydro -Carbons  in 
the  Uintah  Basin  is  seven  billion  dollars. 

Scientists  have  discovered  that  there  are  twenty-six  members 
of  the  Hydro-Carbon  family,  and  that  the  total  by-products  will 
exceed  fifty.  At  the  eastera  boundary  of  the  Uintah  Basin  as- 
phaltite  deposits  begin  and  extend  westward  to  Fort  Duchesne 
and  Pariette,  and  then  on  to  the  elaterite  deposits  of  Indian,  Lake 
and  Sam's  canons,  fifty  miles  southwest  of  Fort  Duchesne;  the 
total  area  being  estimated  at  about  ten  thousand  square  miles. 
The  value  of  gilsionite  is  about  $40  per  ton,  and  the  value  of  elat- 
erite $65,00  per  ton;  the  freight  rates  are  excessive,  owing  to  poor 
railroad  facilities. 

At  present  all  the  Hydro-Carbons  shipped  have  been  by  wagon 
haul,  either  to  points  on  the  Denver  &  Eio  Grande  railroad,  or  to 
Dragon,  Utah,  the  terminus  of  the  Uintah  railway. 

A  large  acreage  of  land  containing  these  deposits  is  owned  by 
the  Gilson  Asphaltum  company,  and  the  American  Asphalt  asso- 

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elation.  Many  locations,  however,  have  been  made  by  other  in- 
dividuals, and  a  number  of  companies  have  been  incorporated. 

The  origin  'of  Hydro-Carbon  is  largely  conjectural;  one  sug- 
gestion having  been  made  that  it  comes  from  the  oil  of  extinct 
fishes. 

The  uses  to  which  gilsonite  and  elaterite  are  put  are  varied, 
but  as  above  stated  it  has-  been  discovered  that  more  than  fifty 
by-products  may  be  made.  One  of  the  principal  by-products  is 
mineral  rubber,  and  today  there  is  a  shortage  in  the/  world's  sup- 
ply 'of  that  commodity. 

The  consumption  has  increased  at  the  rate  of  fifty  per  cent 
in  the  last  five  years,  and  there  seems  to  be  no  possible  increase 
in  the  production  of  tree  rubber.  These  Hydro-Carbons  are  now 
being  manufactured  into  a  mineral  rubber.  It  unites  perfectly 
with  the  tree  rubber,  thus  permitting  a  very  large  reduction  in 
the  amount  of  the  latter  used,  cheapening  its  cost.  Other  by- 
products of  gilsonite  >and  elaterite  are  paints,  enamels,  varnishes 
and  roofings,  which  are  acid  and  alkali  proof. 

From  Weidgerite  is  made  a  special  marine  paint.  One  of  the 
most  valuable  by-products  of  this  material  is  Icthyol,  used  by  the 
medical  profession  and  on  sale  in  drug  stores*.  This  by-product 
is  found  only,  as  far  as  is  known,  in  one  other  place  in  the  world, 
the  Ural  mountain®  in  Austria.  From  Tabbyite,  paint  is  also  made 
and  from  Ozocerite  paraffine  wax.  A  late  discovery  of  material 
something  similar  to  Tabbyite  has  been  made:  two  miles  south  of 
Myton.  It  is  called  Arguilite  and  from  it  mineral  rubber  is  manu- 
factured. 

Second  gradie  gilsonite  is  used  in  the  manufacture  of  paving 
cement,  by  melting  it  with  petroleum  residue,  and  mixing  it  with 
ground  asphaltic  limestone,  and  the  requisite  amount  of  sand. 
Gilsonite  is  also  manufactured  into  varnishes,  lacquers,  water- 
proof paint  for  guns,  gun  carriages,  and  steel  and  woodwork  of 
every  description  kmown  to  ship  building.  When  manufactured 
into  paint  for  ships'  bottoms,  it  prevents  barnacles  from  attaching 
themselves,  and  it  is  likely  to  be  largely  used  for  this  purpose  for 
batneships.  It  is  also  used  for  pipe  coatings,  reservoir  coatings, 
floorings,  roofings  and  railroad  coatings.  Mr.  W.  E.  Parker,  in 
"Mineral  Resources  of  the  United  States/'  gives  the  following 
otheT  uses  of  the  Hydro -Carbons: 

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For  preventing  -electrolytic  action  o<n  iron  plates  of  ships' 
bottoms;  coating  barbed  wire  fencing;  coating  sea-walls  of  brick 
and  masonry;  coating  paving  brick;  acid-proof  lining  for  chemical 
tanks;  roofing  pitch;  insulating  electric  wires;  smokestack  paint; 
coating  poles,  posts  and  ties;  lubricant  for  heavy  machinery; 
teredo -pro  of  pile  coating;  covering  wood-block  paving;  binder 
pitch  for  culm  in  making  eggette  and  briquette  coal. 

The  Elaterite.,  Wurtzilite,  Tabbyite,  Arguilite  and  other  ma- 
terials of  like  nature  are  used  to  make  flexible  and  heat-proof 
varnish  or  paints,  which  owing  to  thedr  great  resistan  to  acids, 
alkalies,  fumes  'and  vapor  attacks,  and  to  their  elasticity  for  con- 
traction and  expansion,  they  are  invaluable  for  coating  shaft  and 
tunnel  timbers,  for  painting  hemp  and  wire  hoisting  ropes,  pump 
columns,  pipes,  chains,  ore  cars  and  all  .steel  and  iron  wo<rk  where 
the  surfaces  are  exposed.  Also  for  coating  vats,  tanks  and  pan 
covers  used  in  chlorination  works,  smelters  and  refineries,  and  in 
the  cyanide  process.  On  iron  woirk  it  prevents  coirosion,  and  re- 
sists great  heats.  On  woodwork  it  prevents  absorption  and  defies 
the  elements. 

It  has  been  declared  that  after  all  of  the  by-products  above 
mentioned  have  been  made  of  the  Hydro-Carbon,  there  would  be 
enough  colors  and  substances  left  to  make  lead  pencils  and  inks 
for  thousands  of  schoolst. 

OIL 

The  oil  output  of  this  Basin  will  one  day  be  enormous,  be- 
cause of:  the  high  grade  and  immense  quantity.  The  oil  fields  are 
attracting  capital  from  the  East  and  West.  The  experts  are  con- 
stantly coming  and  going  and  their  reports  are  most  flattering.  In 
September,  1909,  Dr.  W.  H.  Ochsner,  a  noted  geologist  from  the 
Ireland  Stanford  University,  California,  visiteid  this  territory  and 
made  extended  in/vesitigationis.  He  is  said  to  'have  declared  that 
there  are  numerous  wells  scattered  throiughooit  the  land.  In  Cali- 
fiornia,  whenever  a  vein  of  asphaltum,  six  inches  in  thickness, 
tapering  to  the  thinness  of  a  knife  blade,  is  discovered1,  there  is 
smre  to  be  oil  underneath.  There  are  thousands  of  such  veins  here 
and  the  geological  conditions  are  somewhat  similar  to  those  in 
that  state'.  In  an  interview  in  the  Vernal  Express,  at  the  time  of 
his  visit  here,  Dr.  Ochsner  said,  in  part: 

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"This  country  has>  attracted  my  attention  for  years,  because 
it  is  classical  ground  in  geological  work,  by  reason  of  the  old  King 
and  Powell  surveys  in  the  60  's  and  early  70 's,  which  have  been 
the  foundation  of  much  work  of  economic  value.  I  shall  not  give 
specific  and  particular  conditions  as  to  the  oil  possibilities,  only 
that  the  surface  displays  favorable  indications  and  the  beautiful 
exposure  of  formations  lend  an  easy  solution  to  their  problems. 
The  country  is  most  unusual.  California  capital  is  earnestly 
awaiting  an  opportunity  for  investment  in  the  propositions  this 
territory  suggests. ' ' 

Dr.  Ochsmer  visited  the  Powder  Springs  and  Rangley  oil  field® 
and  made  a  careful  study  of  the  commercial  value.  His  report 
has  not  been  made  public  so  far  as  has  been  learned,  but  it  is  given 
out  on  good  authority  that  he  ranks  it  with)  the  purest  oil  of  the 
country.  He  made  the  statement  that  this  oil  is  just  what  is 
needed  to  mix  with  the  California  oil,  in  order  to  bring  that  up  to 
the  desired  unemesis. 

The  Rangley  oil  field,  is  not  in  that  part  of  the  Uintah  Basin 
shown  in  the;  map  in  this  booklet,  but  is  so  near  that  a  discussion 
of  it  is  necesisary.  It  is  situated  in  Raven  park,  in  the  extreme 
northwestern  part  of  Bio  Blanco  county,  Colorado,  10  to  15  miles 
from  the  Utah  line,  the  eastern  boundary  of  the  Basin  in  Utah. 
The  field  occupies  a  basin  which  is  a  broadened  portion  of  the 
lower  White  Biver  valley,  Rangley  postoftice,  from  which  the  oil 
fields  takes  its  name1,  is  the  center  of  the  scattering  settlement 
along  the  immediate  valley  of  the  river,  which  skirts1  the  southern 
margin  of  the  Basin.  The  town  is  23  miles  from  Dragon,  Utah, 
the  present  terminus  of  the  Uintah  Railway. 

Three  oil  domes  that  ihave  attracted  world-wide  attention  are, 
the  dome  in  thie  Ural  mountains,  the  dome  in  Texas  and  the  dome 
in  the  Rangley  field®.  The  formations  are  similar  in  character.  A 
synopsis  of  Bulletin  No.  350,  United  States  Geological  Survey,  by 
Hoyt  S.  Gale,  is  given  below: 

"The  Rangley  Basin  is  irregularly  oval  in  outline,  its  longer 
dfiameter  extending  from  northeast  to  southwest  with  a  total 
length  of  about  15  miles.  The  valley  itself  is  bordered  by  an 
escarpment  rim,  averaging  about  500  feet  in  height,  which  pre- 
sents a  steep  scarp  or  cliff  facing  inward  toward  tlhe  Basin  center. 
This  innermost  escarpment  edge  is  locally  known  as  the  rim  rock 
and  is  easily  recognized  as  the  upper  limit  or  cap  rock  otf  the  oil- 

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bearing  shale,  from  which  the  park  has  been  eroded.  Beyond  the 
rim  rock  the  ridges  dip  away  in  more  gradual  slopes,  rising  in 
successive  steps  upon  cliffs  of  the  higher  sandstone  strata.  Higher 
steep  escarpment  bluffs  above  and  beyond  the  rim  rocks  face  in- 
ward in  eeoemtric  arrangement  rudely  parallel  to  the  margin  of 
the  park.  Sharp  rocky  canyons  intersect  the  surrounding  ridges, 
draining  into  the  central  valley. 

1 '  The  rocks  exposed  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Rangley  field  repre- 
sent a  large  interval  im  the  geologic  time  scale.  On  the  great  axis 
of  uplift  that  form  a  part  of  the  Uintah  mountain  system  north 
and  northwest  of  Raven  park  erosion  has  exposed  the  oldest  rocks 
that  occur  in  the  region.  On  the  southern,  flanks  of  Blue  mountain, 
rocks  as  low  as  Carboniferous  are  brought  to  view  and  from  Blue 
mountain  southward  a  thickmeiss  of  more'  than  7,500  feet  of  tilted 
Mesozoic  strata  is  exposed  in  detail.  The  beds  underlie  the  in- 
completely exposed  section  of  Palezoie  rocks  and  in  turn  are  cov- 
ered by  a  similar  thickness  of  Tertiary  strata  toward  the  south. 

"The  Dakota  sandstone  does  not  come  to  the  surface  in  the 
Raven  park,  but  is  well  exposed  inj  the  foothill  ridges  at  the 
southern  edge  of  Blue  mountain.  The  formation  lies  at  the  base 
of  the  oil-bearing  shale  and  has  been  supposed  by  many  interested 
in  the  development  of  this  field  to  offer  'highly  favorable  condi- 
tion® for  the  storage  of  large  bodies  of  oiL  It  has  tlhus  been  the 
objective  point  for  most  of  the  deeper  wells  drilled  in  this  field. 
The  remarkable  persistence  of  its  lithologic  character  and  its 
continuity  of  exposure  over  such  extensive  areas  have  led  to  the 
acceptance  of  the  Dakota  sandstone  as  a  key  rock  for  the  correl- 
lation  of  widely  distributed  stratigraphic  sections  of  the  Meso- 
zoic rocks,  both  above  and  below  the  horizon. 

"The  formation  next  above  the  Dakota  is  the  Mameos  sihale, 
a  thick  mass  of  homogeneous  clay  shale  with  a  few  more  sandy 
layers.  It  is  considered  here  as  a  single  unit.  The  Mancos  in- 
cludes all  that  has  been  previously  termied  Colorado  and  also  a 
part  of  what  has  been  classed  as  Eox  Hills,  by  White  of  the  Hay- 
den  survey.  It  thus  includes  also  the  Bent  on,  TsTiobrara  and  a  part 
of  tftue  Pierre  formations.  In  brief  the  Mancos  is  intended  to  in- 
clude all  of  the  predominatingly  shaly  strata  above  the  Dakota 
and  below  the  massive  sandstones  of  the  next  succeeding  or  Masa- 
verde  formation. 

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' l  Raven  park  is  eroded  on  the  Man-cos  stale  and  it  is  in  this 
formation  that  tihe  oil  of  the  Rangley  field  has  been  found.  The 
basal  part  of  tihe  Mangos  shale  may-  be  naturally  and  readily  dis- 
tinguished as  <a  distinct  division  of  the  formation  and  contains 
Benton  fossils.  The  Dakota  sandstone  is  almost  invariably  overlain 
immediately  by  200  feet  or  more  of  dense  black  slaty  shale,  which 
usually  form®  a  long,  low  valley  on  the  dip-slope  side  of  the  Da- 
kota ridge.  Above  these  beds  is  a  similar  thic-kmeisis  of  shaly 
strata  containing  a  .number  of  more  resistant  beds  of  sandstone 
and  limestone,  wQiich  usually  give  rise  to  a  distinct  line  of  minor 
hogbacks.  Tihe  sandy  layers  are  in  many  places  of  dark  color  and 
o'f  moderately  fine  and  even  grain.  The  soil  that  forms  the  sur- 
face of  the  Man  cos  sniale  is  a  compact  clay,  very  hard  when  dry, 
but  becoming  a  deep  plastic  mud  when  thoroughly  wet.  The  soil 
is  in  many  places  filled  or  covered  with  scattered  fragments  of 
selinite,  which  is  gypsum  in  its  clear,  crystalline  form.  The  fos- 
sils found  in  the  Mancois  shale  are  of  marine  types. 

tf  The  thickness  of  the  Mancos  shale  is1  a  fundamental  consid- 
eration in  determining  the  depth  to  which  wells  must  be  sunk  in 
o-rder  to  reach  the  Dakota  sandistone.  White  gives  the  thickness 
of  the  formation  at  2,000  feet  in  the  upper  White  River  valley, 
but  also  stated  it  was  mucih  thinner  towards  the  west,  in  the  vicin- 
ity O'f  Raven  park.  The  first  drilling  in  this  field  showed,  however, 
that  the  figures  were  too  small.  Further  investigation  shows  that 
the  true  thickness  is  somewhere  between  3,000  and  4,700  feiet. 
The  Union  well  in  Raven  park  has  been  sunk1  to  a  depth  of  3,655 
feet  in  lightly  dipping  strata.  There1  is  some  'evidence  that  the 
bottom  of  the  well  is  about  300  feet  above  the  Dakota  sand- 
stone. ' ' 

Since  the  bulletin  was  published,  the  Union  well  has  gone 
down  to  a  depth  of  3,800  feiet  and  should  now  be  very  near  the 
Dakota  sandstone.  The  company  which  is  sinking  this  well,  the 
Colorado-Pacific  Development  company,  has  sunk  about  28  wells 
in  that  vicinity,  and  is  now  pumping  20  barrels  per  day  from  one 
well.  The  Emerald  Oil  company,  operating  in  the  same  section, 
has  sunk  sevein  wells,  averaging  700  to  800  feet.  The  writer  has 
been  informed  that  oil  is  standing  in  these  wells  to  a  depth  of 
300  feet. 

Attention  was  first  directed  to  the  Raven  park  as  oil  field  by 
the  discovery  of  an  oil  seep  in  a  spring  at  the  loweir  end  of  the 

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park.  At  tlbe  present  time  the  location  of  tlie  spring  is  not 
known.  It  bias  probably  been  trampled  down  by  cattle  and  its 
flow  obscured  in  the  mire.  The  whole  fieild  is  now  covered  by 
unpatented  locations  of  the  so-called  "oil  placer  claim®."  The 
total  area  thus  controlled  covers  45,000  acre®. 

The  color  of  the  Eangley  oil  is  a  clear  bright  red,  with  strong 
green  flourescence,  closely  resembling  that  of  many  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania oils,  although  perhaps  -slightly  darker  than  the  average. 
The  odor  is  like  that  of  kerosene,  much  resembling  that  o<f  a 
refined  oil.  It  is  apparently  free  from  sulphur. 

It  has  been  suggested  that  the  Eangley  field  may  be  com- 
pared to  the  Kansas-Oklahoma  oil  and  gas  fields.  In  those  dis- 
trictis,  the  oil,  though  occurring  in  much  older  formation  geolog- 
ically, is  said  to  be  found  in  sandstone,  interbedded  with  shale, 
in  linticular  bodies  or  completely  enclosed  reservoirs.  The  geo- 
logio  structure  o<f  these  fields  is,  'however,  much  more  simple  than 
that  of  the  Eangley  field,  being  that  of  a  fairly  uniform  mono- 
clime,  with  a  northwesterly  to  westerly  dip  of  about  20  to  25 
feet  to  the  mile. 

HONEY 

Uintah  Basin  honey  has  no  superior.  It  wins  the  prizes  when 
placed  upon  exhibition  at  county,  state  and  world 's  fairs.  More 
than  once  has  it  been  awarded  first  prize  at  the  annual  convention 
of  the  International  Beekeepers '  Association.  This  is  one  of  the 
most  ideal  sections  in  the  United  States  for  bee  culture.  The 
climatic  conditions  make  it  such.  Sweet  clover  and  alfalfa  are 
the  two  principal  sources  from  which  the  busy  denizens  of  the 
hive  gather  the  delicious  nectar  that  is  ripened  into  this  product 
of  high  quality.  Many  farmers  of  this  country  who  do  not  pre- 
tend to  make  a  specialty  of  bees,  produce  a  great  deal  of  honey 
for  the  market.  The  specialty  of  a  certain  farmer  is  alfalfa. 
The  blossom  of  that  growth  contains  the  very  best  nectar.  As  a 
result  many  farmers  are  raising  bees  and  making  money  from 
alfalfa  and  honey  at  the  same  time. 

Those  who  know  what  good  honey  really  is>,  will  appreciate 
the  fact  that  the  article  in  this  Basin  is  so  heavy  bodied  t/hat  it 
weighs  twelve  and  one-half  pounds  to  the  gallon.  The  color  is 
what  is  known  to  the  trade  as  " water  white"  and  the  flavor  is 
more  delightful  than  that  of  the  much-praised  whitei  clo<ver  honey 

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Ready  to  Cross  Green  River 


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of  the  eastern  states.  A  little  while  ago  the  homey  from  one  of 
the  well-known  apiaries  in  the  Ashley  valley  found  its  way 
through  the  channels  of  trade  to  Hamburg,  Germany.  The  dealer 
took  the  address  from  the  label  and  wrote  to  the  mangaer  of  the 
same  apiary  to  ascertain  if  he  could  obtain  honey  from  that  source 
regularly.  Today  the  honey  from  this  Basin  finds  its>  way  to  most 
'parts  of  the  United  States  and  to  many  foreign  countries. 

Many  <of  the  beekeepers  hold  some  remarkable  records.  A 
single  colony  of  bees,  on  the  farm  of  L.  A.  Pike,  situated  on  the 
former  Uintah  Indian  Beservation,  produced  1,000  pounds  of  honey 
in  onie  season.  The  picture  of  an  apiary  shown  in  this  booklet,  was 
reproduced  from  a  photograph  taken  in  the  early  winter  of  the 
year  in  which  the  following  record  was  made: 

From  o'ne  hundred  .and  sixty  colonies  in  the  spring,  together 
with  their  increase,  a  yield  of  fifty-three  thousand  pounds  was 
produced,  an  average  of  more  than  330  pounds  to  the  colony, 
spring  count.  A  yield  of  less  than  one  hundred  pounds  to  the  col- 
ony is  considered  very  poor.  The  bees  here  are  almost  entirely 
free  from  disease. 

William  Powell,  of  Union,  enjoys  the  distinction  of  being  the 
first  man  to  import  bees  into  the  Uintah  Basin,  which  he  did  some 
time  during  the  early  eighties,  His  first  colony,  however,  proved 
to  be  affected  with  the  dread  disease,  "foul  brood;  "  this  colony  of 
bees,  together  with  all  fixtures,  was  consigned  to  the  flames,  and 
since  that  time  there  <hais  not  been  another  case  of  "foul  brood/' 
The  dealer  wno  furnished  the  bees  to  Mr.  Powell  replaced  them 
free  of  charge.  The  next  importation  of  bees  was  made  soon  after 
that  of  Mr,  Powell  by  Bishop  George  Freestone  and  consisted  of 
three  colonies..  William  Ashton  also  brought  one  or  two  colonies 
of  bees  from  his  old  hiomei  in  Pleasant  Grove,  Utah  county.  The 
last  importation  was  made  in  1887  by  C.  C.  Bartlett,  who  also 
brought  three  colonies.  Those  few  hives  of  bees  were  the  small 
foundation  upon  which  one  of  our  most  profitable  and  promising 
industries  has  been  built. 

INHERITED  INDIAN  LANDS 

Before  the  reservation  was1  thrown  open  for  settlement  the 
Indians  weire  allotted  something  like  112,000  acres  of  the  choicest 
lands,  all  located  within  a  radius  of  25  miles  from  Myton.  A  few 
Indians  have  improved  and  cultivated  their  farms)  to  a  limited 

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extent,  but  for  the  most  part  the  thousand®  of  acres  are  lying  bar- 
ren and  desolate.  The  Indian  is  slowly  developing,  but  he  will 
never  reach  good  citizenship.  He  is  still  a  savage,  but  not  dan- 
gerous, except  when  drunk.  It  is  difficult  for  him  to  obtain 
liquor,  a,s  the  entire  Basin,  with  the  'exception  of  Uintah  county, 
is  "dry. "  Onc>e  in  a  great  while  some  white  man  is  sent  to  the 
penitentiary  for  "boot  legging "  liquor  to  Indians. 

In  time  all  this  vast  acreage  of  land  will  fall  into-  the  hands 
of  the  white  man.  At  present  a  portion  of  it  is  for  sale  and  a 
portion  for  lease.  Before  this  booklet)  is  in  circulation  to  a  large 
extent,  much  of  What  is  known  as  ' '  dead ' '  Indian  land,  or  inher- 
ited Indian  land  will  be  -offered  for  sale  to  the  highest  cash  bid- 
der. The  bids  must  be  sealed  and  delivered  to  the  Indian  depart- 
ment at  Whiterocks,  Utah.  It  is  not  known,  just  What  the  mini- 
mum price  will  be,  but  in  all  probability  not  less  than  $25  per 
acre.  A  bid  of  $11  per  acre  for  a  tract  near  Myton  a  few  months 
ago  was  rejected.  The  title  to  the  land  also  carries  a  title  to  the 
water,  and  the  canals  are  already  built.  The  "dead"  Indian 
land  to  be  offered  for  sale  in  the  near  future  amounts  to  45,000 
acres. 

A  large  acreage  of  Indian  land  can  be  leased  at  reasonable 
terms.  The*  time  is  from  one  to  ten  years.  Unimproved  land  can 
be  leased  for  a  period  of  one  year  for  $1.50  per  acre.  The  price 
for  a  ten-year  lease  is  $2.75  per  acre.  The  rental  can  be  paid  in 
part  or  in  whole  in  improvements  consisting  of  house's,  barns, 
fences  and  alfalfa.  This  is  cheap  in  comparisoni  with  many  other 
state®.  In  Washington  the  rentals  run  up  to  $10  per  acre,  while 
the  price  of  baled  hay  is  as  low  as  $4.50  per  ton.  Here  baled  hay 
sells  at  from  $12.50  to  $35  per  ton,  the  price  depending  upon  the 
season  of  the  year  and  the  location). 

SHEEP,  HORSES  AND  CATTLE 

Sheep  raising  is  the  principal  live  stock  industry.  The  esti- 
mated number  of  head  of  sheep  in  the  boundaries  of  the  Basin,  is 
200,000  and  the  annual  wool  clip  will  average  1,600,000  pounds. 
The  flock-masters  are  gradually  improving  the  breed  and  there  is 
tenfold  more  money  made  in  the  business  today  than  in  former 
years.  The  best  breed  of  bucks  to  be  secured  are  imported  from 
year  to  year.  The  prevailing  breed  is  the  De  Laine*,  the  C'otswold 
and  the  Eamboulette,  costing  all  the  way  from  $75  to  $100  per 

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Strawberry  Vine,  28  Inches  Across  the  Top 


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head.  Sheep  associations  have  been  'organized  in  various  parts 
of  the  Basin  and  thoroughbreds  are  being  shipped  in  by  the  car 
load  lot. 

There  are  two  distinct  classes  of  sheep — the  mutton  sheep  and 
the  wo>ol  sheep.  On  the  former  of  these  the  wool  is  not  so  thick 
or  heavy  and  the  amount  lost  to  the  owner  in  wool  is  made  up  by 
the  gain  in  mutton,.  While  the  wo<ol  of  this  class)  is  lighter,  it  is 
longer  and  for  that  reason  the  animal  is  kept  away  from  the  tim- 
ber to  prevent  loss  from  undergrowth.  The  Merino  wool  is  much 
finer  in  quality  and  thicker,  though  shorter.  This  class  of  sheep 
can  pasture  in  heavily  timbered  c'ountry  without  loss  of  wool.  A 
large  amount  of  fine  quality  wool  is  exported  for  the  reason  it  is  ' 
far  superior  to  that  of  many  other  sections  of  the  West.  The  cli- 
mate is  very  dry  and  there  is  but  little  wind,  -especially  in  the 
winter  season,  to  disturb  the  sand;s  and  dust,  which  is  so  damag- 
ing to  wool  int  other  countries.  The  owners  here  are  experts  in 
the  business  and  they  take  every  precaution  to  avoid  loss  and 
exert  every  effort  to  produce  the  best.  The  grazing  is  ideal  both 
in  summer  and  winter.  Most  of  the  snows  fall  in  the  mountains 
and  the  winter  snows  are  necessary  for  summer  grazing.  The  cli- 
matic condition®  om  the  winter  ranges  are  most  always  favorable 
and  there  is  seldom  much  suffering  and  lo,ss.  Once  in  a  great 
while  the  flockmaster  has  to  feed  hay. 

The  public  grazing  lands  are  usually  fully  occupied  and  for 
awhile  it  seemed  as  if  there  would  be  a  limit  to  sheep  raising.  Of 
recent  years,  however,  the  farmer  is  paying  more  attention  to  the 
industry  and  numerous  flocks  from  100  to  500  can  be  seen  scat- 
tered over  the  country.  The  forest  regulations  have  discriminated 
against  the  small  owner,  who  is  not  permitted  to  use  the  range  in 
summer  unless  he  feied:s  in  winter.  It  is  expected  that  some  action 
will  be  taken  which  will  be  more  favorable  to  the  small  owner. 
Biut  evein  while  conditions  are  as  they  are,  a  great  many  farmers 
are  stocking  their  farms.  They  figure  that  a  surplus  of  alfalfa 
can  be  fed  to  sheep  to  good  advantage. 

Although  the  cattle  industry  was  at  one  time  far  ahead  of  the 
sheep  or  any  other  industry,  the  decrease  in  the  price  of  feeders 
practically  forced  the  cattlemen!  out  of  business  and  there  is  now 
only  a  remnant  'of  the  former  vast  herds  that  roamed  the  hills. 
Instead  of  the  larger  herd:s  of  cheaper  cattle  of  former  days,  there 
are  now  smaller  herds  of  better  grades  and  more  attention  is  paid 

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Hieroglyphics  in  Dry  Fork 


(Thome  Bros.  Photo) 


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to  the  production  of  milk  and  butter.  There  are  ideal  spots  in 
this  great  country  for  dairy  farms,  and  riches  are  awaiting  the 
men  who  engage  in  that  business. 

There  are  many  high-grade  horses  and  with  the  importation 
of  blooded  stallions  the  grade  is  getting  better.  With  all  the 
other  advantages  of  all  other  countries,  this  country  possesses  that 
of  a  salubrious  climate,  which  is  as  essential  for  a.  horse  or  other 
beast  as  it  is  f or  man.  Many  horses  are  .exported!  and  often  bring 
fabulous  prices.  It  is  nothing  unusual  for  a  team  of  work  horses, 
weighing  1,500  pounds  each,  to  bring  $500,  The  farmers  have 
formed  stock  companies  and  have  purchased  registered  stallions 
from  the  East  at  a  cost  of  from  $2,000  to  $5,000  each.  There  are 
ten  registered  stallions  and  a  number  of  registered  mares.  The 
stallions  consist  of  three  Percherons,  three  standard  bred  or  Ham- 
bletonians,  two  Shires,  one  French  Coach  and  one  Thoroughbred. 
Siegbert,  the  Perc-heron,  whose  picture  appears  in  this  booklet, 
was  imported  several  years  ago  from  France  at  a  cost  of  $5,000. 
He  took  second  premium  at  the  St.  Louis  World's  fair  in  1904. 
This  horse  has  250  colts  in  various  parts  of  the  country. 

CHURCHES  AND  SCHOOLS 

Church  buildings  and  school  houses  dot  the  valleys  and  benches 
and  with  the/  spread  of  the  gospel  and  education,  the  standard  of 
morality  and  learning  is  high  and  the  standard  of  crime  and  ignor- 
ance is  low. 

People  of  all  kinds  of  creeds!  and  faiths  dwell  in  the  confines 
of  this  Basin,  but  there  are  only  four  church  organizations',  the 
Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter-Day  Saints,  the  Congregational, 
Episcopal  and  Presbyterian.  The  Latter-Day  Saints,  or  Mormons, 
as  they  are  commonly  known,  outnumber  the  other  denominations 
more  than  two  to  on«e.  There  is  no  friction  between  the  Mor- 
mons and  Gentiles,  any  report  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 
All  the  denominations  mentioned,  except  the  Presbyterians,  have 
handsome  church  buildings.  The  Mormon  tabernacle  in  Vernal 
cost  $40,000. 

The  public  school  system  in  Utah  is  second  to  none  and  the 
teachers  anei  the  most  proficient  that  can  be  secured.  The  state 
has  a  compulsory  school  law  and  there  are  capable  juvenile  offi- 
cers to  enforce  the  law.  The  legislature  of  1909  passed  an  act  pro- 
viding for  the  city  marshall  and  justice  of  the  peace  to  be  juve- 

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mile  officers.  Books  are  furnished  free  and  where  the  family  is 
not  able  to  do  so,  clothing  for  the  school  children  is  furnished. 
The  school  population  of  the  Basin  is  between  4,000  and  5,000. 
Besides  the  public  schools,  the  Mormon,  and  Congregational  church- 
es have  (splendid  schools.  The  Presbyterians  are  planning  to*  build 
a  college  somewhere  in  the  Basin.  The  school  population  in  the 
state  is  98,660.  The  state  spends  annually,  for  education,  $23.62 
per  capita. 

FJRUIT 

A  fruit  grower  -of  the  East  was  making  inquiries  about  the 
adaptability  of  this  country  to  the  production  of  apples.  The 
man  with  the  land  to  .sell  exhibited  a  Wolf  Biver  apple.  The 
eastern  man  insisted  that  it  was  artificial  and)  would  not  be  con- 
vinced to  the  contrary  until  he  had  tasted  it.  A  fruit  dealer 
from  the  Uintah  Basin  was  in  Salt  Lake  during  the  week  of  the 
State  Pair  and  Church  co-inference.  He  asked  one  of  the  leading 
merchants  on  Main  street  to  allow  him  to  use'  a\  part  of  the  win- 
dow space  for  the  exhibition-  of  some  apples.  The  merchant  indig- 
nantly refused.  The  fruit  dealer  from  the  Basin  reached  down  into 
the  dress  suit  case  and  pulled*  io/ut  a  Wolf  River.  The  merchant  Js 
eye®  bulged  out  in  astonishment.  Bei  had  never  seen  the  like  be- 
fore. A  space  in  the  window  was  immediately  given  for  the  dis- 
play. 

All  fruit  growers  know  that  climatic  conditions-,  soil,  water, 
sumshine,  elevation  and  the  general  lay  of  the  land  emitter  into  the 
growth  amd  development  'of  the  perfect  apple  with  the  rich, 
bright  color. 

The  climate  here  is  unexcelled  in  any  part  of  the  West.  The 
average  temperature  during  the  fruiting  .season  is  close  to  90.  The 
sum  sihines  325  days  in  each  year.  The  only  wind  to  speak  of  is 
in  the  .spring  time,  and  even  then  there  is  but  little,  in  compari- 
son with  many  other  sections  of  the  West.  In  the1  summer,  fall 
and  winter  the/re  is  seldom  a  breeze.  Such  conditions  assure  firm, 
strong  skins  and  bright  deep  colons.  Intense  heat  has  a  tendency 
to  burn  and  wrinkle  the  sikin.  The  altitude,  averaging  5,500  feet, 
gives-  a  dry  atmo,sphera  The  country  with  the  damp  atmosphere 
produces  sour  appleis  with  poor  coloring.  The  country  is  sheltered 
at  the  west  and  northwest  by  high  mountains.  In  fact,  it  is  shel- 
tered on  all  sides  and  tihe  orchards  are  thus  protected  from  the 

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late  killing  frosts  of  the  spring  and  the  early  killing  frost®  of  the 
autumn.  The  soil  is  from  five  to  fifty  feet  deep,  and,  in  the  fruit 
sections,  contains  just  enough  clay.  The  country  is  well  drained 
to  tihe  east,  a  factor  so  much  desired  by  fruit  men.  The  sub-soil 
consists  of  a  porous  formation.  With  the  long,  pleasant  autumn 
weather  the  wood  of  the  trees  has  ample  time  in  which  to  ripen 
and  the  sting  of  winter  is  not  felt.  The  water  is  pure  and  abund- 
ant. There  has  never  been  a  failure  in  the  apple  crop.  The  fruit 
is  free  from  disease  and  pests,  such  as  blight,  and  crown  gall, 
woolly,  black  or  green  aphis,  and  there  are  but  few  worms.  Fun- 
gus, owing  to  the  dry  climate,  is  not  in  'evidence.  The  variety  of 
apples  is  numerous.  The  most  commonly  grown  are:  autumn, 
Wolf  River,  Wealthy;  winter,  Grano,  Ben  Davis,  Jonathan,  Wine- 
sap,  Staymian  Winesap,  N.  W.  Greening,  Bellflower;  summer,  Yel- 
low Transparent,  Astrachan,  Bed  June. 

The  apple  is  by  no  means  the  exclusive  fruit  raised.  Pears, 
prunes,  plums,  peaches,  apricots,  strawberries,  raspberries  and 
other  fruits  are  grown  in  abundance.  Thie  soil,  in  many  partsi  of 
the  country,  is  suited  to  raising  peaches,  but  it  is  not  really  a 
peach  climate.  The  season  is  a  little  too  short.  There  are  some 
peach  orchards  and  the  fruit  is  of  the  finiest  quality.  There  are 
many  sheltered  nooks  here  and  there  'and  expert  peach  growers 
might  come  in  .and  be  very  successful. 

CITIES  AND  TOWNS 

Until  within  the  last  few  years,  since  the  reservation  was 
thrown  open  to  entry,  the  settlement  of  the  Basin  has  been  slow, 
due  partly  to  poor  railroad  facilities  and  parly  to*  the  small 
amount  of  advertising  that  the  country  has  received.  The  Ashley 
Valley  is  an  old  .settle meant,  many  of  the  people  having  come  here 
more  than  a  third  of  a  century  ago.  Vieiraal  is  the  leading  city. 
Numerous  towns  have  sprung  up  on  the  reservation  and  there 
acre  scores  of  settlements  that  are  almost  ready  to  be  called 
towns,  among  which  are  Alhandra,  Kennedy,  Ignacia,  Bonanza, 
Ohipetia,  Smith's  Well,  Dry  Fork,  Deep  Creek,  loka,  Bennet, 
Cedarview,  Taft,  Hayden,  Alexander,  Lake  Fork,  Boneta,  Utahn, 
Tabby,  Stockmore,  Fruitland. 

VERNAL 

Located  in  Ashley  Valley.  County  seat  of  Uintah  county. 
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Forest.  Population,  1,200.  Near  Green  river,  Ashley  creek, 
Brush  creek  and  Dry  Fork.  Near  proposed)  Moffat  road).  Streets 
and  sidewalks  paved  with  asphaltum.  Splendid  telephone  system. 
Cheapesit  -electric  lights  in  Utah.  Water  works  system  to*  be  con- 
structed in  spring  and  summer  of  1910.  Educational  center.  Mor- 
mons academy,  Willcox  Congregational  school  and  public  school. 
Mormon  tabernacle  and  Ward  house.  Congregational  and  Epis- 
copal churcheis.  Public  Library.  Handsome  court  house.  Assessed 
valuation,  of  city  property,  $350,000.  Abundance  of  coal-.  Popu- 
lation of  territory  tributary  to  city,  10,000.  A  list  of  business 
industries  follows: 

One  bank,  eight  general  merchandise  stores,  one  hardware 
stone,  four  saloons,  two  hotels,  one'  bakery,  one  creamery,  three 
restaurants,  one  jewelry  store,  one  newspaper,  ome  brick  yard, 
two  dance  halls,  one  shoe  shop,  two  harness  shops,  one  opera  house, 
two  drug  store's,  two  undertaking  establishments,  two  planing  mills, 
one  livery  stable,  two  meat  markets,  two  millinery  store®,  three 
lodging  houses,  ome  telephone  exchange,  one  express  office,  three 
blacksmith  shops,  one  tailor  shop,  two  photograph  galleries,  two 
fDoiuring  mills  close  to  the  city,  two  implement  and  vehicle  dealers*, 
one  clothing  store,  two  barber  shops,  one  bath  house,  architects, 
brick  mason®,  harness  makers-,  painters,  palsterers,  real  estate  deal- 
ers, insurance  agents,  civil  engineers,  abstractors,  seven  lawyers, 
five  physicians-  and  surgeo-ns,  two  dentists,  one  lodge  hall  (I.  O.  O. 
F.),  a  splendid  brass  band  and  orchestra. 

Many  new  buildings,  including  $35,000  Uintah  State  academy, 
and  National  bank  building  to  be  erected  in  the  near  future. 

ROOSEVELT 

Located  in  Dry  Gulch,  Wasatch  county,  in  the  heart  of  fruit 
and  agricultural  country.  Dry  Gulch  Irrigation  company,  biggest 
concern  of  the  kind  in  the  .state.  Thirty-five  miles  main,  canals 
and  185  miles  of  laterals.  Five  hundred  stockholders;.  Population 
of  town  450.  Population  surrounding  territory,  2,000.  Good)  school, 
social  hall  and  church  buildings.  EiLecttric  light  plant  and  grist 
mill  soon  to  be  installed.  Goal,  pinon  pinie  and  cedar  for  fuel. 
Business1  industries!:  Two  general  -stores,  two  implement  establish- 
ments, one  hotel,  ome  livery  stable,  ome  blacksmith  shop,  one  meat 
market,  one  restaurant,  one  photograph  gallery,  one  newspaper, 

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ome  harness  shop,  ome  lumber  yard,  one  shoe  shop,  <onie  furniture 
store,  onie  civil  'engineer,  good  commercial  club. 

MYTON 

Located  on  Duc'hesme  river,  in  Wasatch  county.  Government 
townsite.  Population  250,  with-  1,000  population  in  surrounding 
country.  Indian  allotments,  soon  to  be  sold,  adjacent.  Other 
Indian  allotments  for  lease.  Twenty-five'  thousand  dollar  govern- 
ment bridge  to  be  built  across  rive-r.  Good  public  .school  building 
completed  in  1909.  Three  church'  organization's,  Mormons,  Pres- 
byterians and  Episcopalians.  Houses  of  worship  soon  to  be 
erected.  A  number  of  cement  block  buildings  to  be  erected  in 
summer  of  1910,  Building  boom  is  looked1  for.  Surrounded  by 
thousands  of  acre®  bench  and  bottom  land  adapted  to  fruit,  small 
grain,  alfalfa,  .sugar  beets.  Big  canal  scheme  on  South  Myton 
bench  under  way.  Near  elaterite  veins.  Pinon  pine  and  cedar 
cloisie  by.  Business  industries.1:  Five  general  stone®,  two  meat  mar- 
kets, two  lumber  yards,  office  of  isawmill  company,  ome  bank,  one 
newspaper,  one  hotel,  one  livery  stable,  two  restaurants,  one  shoie 
shop,  ome  implement  store,  ome  bakery,  one  drug  store,  ome  black- 
smith shop,  two  carpenter  ©hops,  two*  lawyers^  one  physician,  one 
dentist,  one  notary  public. 

THEODORE 

Located  at  junction  of  Strawberry  and  Duchesin'e<  rivers,  in 
Wasatch  county.  Government  townsite.  Population,  300  in  town, 
and  1,000  in  country  tributary.  Fifty-two  miles  from  Colton  and 
seventy-five  miles  from  Heber.  Mountainis  furnish  good  pasture 
for  sheep,  horses  and  cattle.  Pinon  pine  and  cedar  in  abund- 
ance, only  short  distance.  Notable  section  for  fruit,  small  grain, 
hay  and  garden  truck.  Fruitlamd  Valley,  Blue  Bench  and  West 
Bench  Irrigation  districts  in  vicinity.  Oost  of  water  from  $2.50 
to  $20  per  acre.  Seventy-five  thousand  acres  of  tillable  land. 
Elaterite  beds  in  nearby  camonis.  Splendid  power  sites'.  Grist 
mill  wanted.  Business  industries:  OommieTcial  club,  one  news- 
paper, two  hay  amd  grain  stores!,  iome  general  store,  one  grocery 
store,  onte  'hotel,  orae  restaurant,  omie  rooming  house,  one  barber 
shop,  one  pool  and  billiard  room,  ocnie  drug  stone,  one  meat  mar- 
ket, ome  harness  shop,  one  blacksmith  ehk>p,  one  livery  stable,  one 
social  hall,  one  physician,  one  civil  engineer,  one  mining  engineer. 
Qood  school  and  church  building®. 

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WHITEROCKS  AND  OURAY 

Indian  agencies.  Whiterocks  located  near  junction  of  Uintah 
river  and  Whiterocks  creek.  Two  Indian  trading  stores,  a  hotel, 
blacksmith  shops,  carpenter  shop®,  laundry,  Indian  school.  Fine 
fishing  in  canons. 

Some  have  predicted  that  Ouray  is  to  be  the  Pittsburg  of  the 
West.  The  map  will  show  that  it  is  locked  -at  or  near  a  point 
where  all  the  streams  of  the  emitine  Uintah  Basin  meet.  Gilsonite, 
copper  and  other  minerals.  lite-land  Copper  company  plant  near. 
Thousand®  of  acre®  of  agricultural  land  on  benches  and  in  valleys. 

FORT  DUCHESNE 

Government  post.  Located  on  Uintah  river,  six  miles  above 
where  it  joins  the  Duchesne,  im  Uintah  county.  From  100  to  150 
cavalry  soldiers  on  duty.  Under  command  of  C.  G.  Hall,  captain 
Fifth  regiment  of  cavalry.  The  1,400  Indians,  scattered  over  the 
reservation,  give  but  little  trouble.  The  posit  is  headquarters  for 
the  Government  Irrigation  service,  H.  0.  Means*,  superintendent. 

RANDLETT 

G'O'vernment  townsite,  formerly  Leland.  Located  near  Du- 
chesne  and  Uinitah  rivers,  in  Uinitah  county.  Some  of  the  finest 
fruit,  grain,  hay,  sugar  beet  and  melon  land  on  the  reseravtion 
lies  near  this  town.  Uintah  Eailway  and  "Moffat"  road  have 
both  made  surveys.  Population  of  about  100.  Onie  store,  one  real 
estate  dealer,  government  physician,  government  farmer,  good 
school  and  church  buildings. 

MOFFAT 

Located  near  Uintah  river  in  Uintah  county  and  embraces  what 
was  known  as  the  "  strip. "  Town  of  about  100  population.  In 
midst  of  large  fruit  and  agricultural  area.  Abundance  of  wood 
for  fuel.  Gilsonite  veins  near.  Oil  land  between  Moffat  and  Ver- 
nal. School  and  church  buildings.  Social  hall.  One  general 
store,  one  restaurant,  one  rooming  house,  one  feed  -stable,  one  real 
estate  office,  one  civil  engineer.  Headquarters  for  the  construc- 
tion engineer  of  the  Uinitah  River,  Ouray  Valley  and  Colorado 
Park  Irrigation  companies. 

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INDEPENDENCE 

Townisite  in  Dry  Gulch,  about  half  way  between  Myton  and 
Fort  Duchesne.  Was  organized  at  opening  of  reservation  by 
Colorado  people,  but  has  been  of  slow  growth,  owing  to  lack  of 
water.  New  Hope  canal  now  being  completed.  Deep,  fertile  soil 
adapted  to  fruit,  grain,  alfalfa,  sugar  beets.  Large,  hotel  building 
now  used  as  general  store  and  rooming  house. 

JENSEN 

Small  town,  fourteen  miles  southeast  of  Vernal,  on  Green  river, 
at  mouth  of  Ashley  and  Brush  creeks,  in  Uintah  county.  Two 
gemeiral  stores,  good  church  and  school  buildings).  Large  acreage 
adjacent  to  town  especially  adapted  to  raising  alfalfa  seed.  Coal 
in  plenty.  Placer  gold  along  the  Green  river.  New  state  bridge 
to  be  erected.  Public  highway  between  Utah  and  Colorado  to  be 
improved. 

DRAGON 

Small  town.  Terminus  of  Uintah  Railway.  Few  business 
houses.  Good  hotel.  Gilsonite  mines  and  oil  wells  near.  Daily 
stage  to  Vernal,  64  miles.  Surrounded  by  pasture  land  and  some 
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MISCELLANEOUS 

The  distance  from  the  Union  Pacific  railroad  on  the  north  to 
the  D.  &  R.  GL  railroad  OOD  the  south  is  200  mile®.  For  twenty 
years  the  people  have  been  looking  for  another  road.  The  survey 
of  the  Denver,  Northwestern  &  Pacific  (Moffat  road)  runs  through 
the  heart  of  the  Basin  and  on  into  Salt  Lake  City.  Thie  road  is 
n/ow  finished  from  Denver  to  Steamboat  Springs,  Colorado,  a  dis- 
tance of  214  mile®,  and  only  a  few  miles  from  the  Utah -Colorado 
line.  For  some  years  the  progress  of  the  work  :has  beiem  slow.  It 
is  now  pretty  certain  that  the  spring  and  summer  of  1910  will  wit- 
ness active  operations  and  that  within  two  or  three  years  the  road 
will  be  finished  into  this  undeveloped  country.  This  road  will 
shorten  the  distance  from  Denver  to  Salt  Lake  close  to  200  miles. 
The  distance  by  way  of  the  Moffat  road  will  be  555  miles,  and  by 
way  of  the  D.  &  It.  GL  the  distance  i®  742  miles. 

Aside  from  thie  Hydro -Carbons  there  are  other  minerals.  In 
many  parts  of  the  country  there  is  plenty  of  copper.  Some  gold 
and  other  precious  metals.  From,  the  Dyer  mime,  on  the  Dyer 
mountain,  $800,000  worth  of  copper  has  beem  shipped.  The  mine 
is  now  idle.  Operations  may  be  resumed  soon.  Along  the  Green 
river  placer  gold  mining  has  been  conducted  successfully.  It  is 
claimed  tine  values  are  high.  In  other  portions  of  the  Basin  min- 
eral is  said  to  exist.  The  coming  of  a  railroad  would  mean  devel- 
opment. 

Coal  is  abundant,  especially  in  the  Ashley  valley.  Veins  have 
been  discovered  to  the  west  on  and  near  the  reservation,  but  it 
has  not  yet  been  opened  up  to  any  great  extent.  There  is  a  vast 
quantity  of  pinon  pine  and  cedar  in  easy  access  to  all  settlements. 

Timber  for  building  purposes  is  plentiful  and  there  are  numer- 
ous sawmills  in  the  mountain®.  About  three-fifths  of  the  Ashley 
National  Forest  and  about  one-half  the  Uintah  National  Forest  are 
located  in  the  Uintah  Basin.  The  area  of  the  Ashley  is  947,490 
acres,  and  the  area  of  the  Uintah  is  1,250,610.  There  is  approxi- 
mately 2,000,000,000  feet  of  timber  standing.  Free  permits  are 
granted  settlers.  One  man  is  allowed  $20  of  timber  per  year.  He 
is  charged  at  the  rate  of  $2.25  per  thousand  for  green  and  $1.50 
for  d&ad.  The  cost  of  sawing  and  transportation  would  add  con- 
siderable to  this.  A  man  with  his  own  team  can  well  afford  to 
spend  a  few  days  in  the  mountains,  then  the  only  actual  cash  out- 
lay would  be  the  cost  of  sawing.  The  price  of  lumber  at  the  vari- 

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cms  yard®  in  this  cioumtry  is  from  $30  to  $35  peT  thousand.  Many 
cement  block  and  brick  boiildings  are  being  constructed.  There  are 
brick  yards  and  cement  block  factories  at  a  few  points.  The 
freight  rates,  after  the  material  leaves  the  railroads,  are  from  75 
c emts  to  $1.25  per  hundred. 

The  present  rapid  increase  in  population  makes  good  prices 
for  products.  Alfalfa  from  $7.50  to  $35,  baled;  oats,  $1.50  to  $3 
per  hundred;  wheat,  $1  per  bushel;  corn,  $1.25;  potatoes,  50  cents 
to  $1.00  per  bushel.  Peaches,  $2  per  bushel,  Apples,  plums,  pears, 
apricots,  and  strawberries  bring  fancy  prices. 

At  the  heads  of  all  the  streams;  in  fact,  all  along  the  water 
courses,  are  ideal  power  sites,  some  of  the/  finest  in  the  West.  To 
particularize  would  be  useless.  Also  there  are  ideal  reservoir 
sites. 

This  is  a  paradise  for  the  fisherman  and  the  hunting  is  fairly 
good.  When  a  man  g<oes  in  the  mountains  in  the  month  of  October 
he  is  pretty  sure  to  get  a  buck  with  horns,  all  the  law  allows. 
The  mountains  abound  in  smaller  game,  such  as  grouse  and  sage 
chickens.  On  the  lower  flats,  ducks  and  doves.  The  smaller  and 
swifter  .streams  are  full  of  trout,  while  the  large  and  more  slug- 
gish streams  contain  bigger  fish,  such  as  white,  humpbacks,  suck- 
ers and  cat,  To  get  an  idea  of  the  number  o-f  streams,  take  a 
look  at  the  map  in  the  middle  of  this  booklet. 

There  are  numerous  ideal  spots  which  would  make  glad  the 
eye  of  the  tourist  and  sportsman.  In  the  Upper  Duchesne  valley, 
near  the  town  of  Stockmore,  there  are  many  warm  springs,  which 
remain  at  the  same  temperature  summer  and  winter.  It  is  a  min- 
eral water  and  the  Indians  g'O'  for  miles  to  get  what  they  call 
"medicine"  water.  The  Lake  Fo-rK  Lake,  at  the  head  of  the 
Lake  Pork  river  is  said  to  be  one  of  the  most  magnificent  summer 
resorts.  The  lake  is  one  mile  lio>ng  and  half  a  mile  wide. 
The  depth  is  unknown,  as  the  bottom  has  never  been  reached. 

FACTS  ABOUT  UINTAH  BASIN 

Miles  long    120 

Miles  wide 70 

Total  area  in  square  miles 8,400 

Number    of    acres 5,376,000 

Number  of  tillable  acres 540,000 

Population    {estimated) 20,000 

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School  population    4,250 

Assessed  valutatkm   (Uintah  county) $1,840,239.68 

Assessed  valuation   (Wasatch  county) $2,324,626.67 

Average  altitude,  feet 5,500 

Average  number  days  sunshine  in  year 325 

Average  annual  precipitation,  15  years,  inches 9 

Hydro-Carbons  worth $7,000,000,000 

Number  head  of  sheep 200,000 

Annual  wool  clip,  pounds 1,600,000 

Number  colonies  of  bees 3,000 

Number  acres  land  under  cultivation 75,000 

Number  acres  Indian  allotments 112,000 

Average  date  last  killing  frost  in  spring,  May  4. 
Average  date  first  killing  frost  in  autumn,  October  4. 

Mean  annual   temperature 46 

Mean   maximum    62 

Mean  minimum    33 

Average  days  maximum  above  90 31 

Average  days  with  minimum  below  32 163 

MILrES  OF  CANALS 

Total  mileage  government  main  canals 122 

Dry  Gulch  Irrigation  company 35 

Ashley  Upper  Irrigation  company 12 

Ashley  Central  Irrigation  company 9 

Kock  Point  and  White  Wash »..»..  6 

Burns  Bench 6 

Union    5 

Upper  Burns  Bench 4 

Utah  Development  and  Irrigation  company,  proposed  canal  on 

South  Myton  Bench 30 

Ouray  Valley    (incomplete) 25 

Colorado  Park    (incomplete) 15 

New  Hope   (incomplete) 20 

Uintah   Irrigation    (incomplete) 15 

•  Whiterocks   Irrigation    (incomplete) 25 

Upper  Blue  Bench    (incomplete) 13 

Blue  Bench,  District  No.  1   (incomplete) 14 

West   Bench    (incomplete) 8 

Fruitland    (incomplete) .  .  .  '. 26 

Lake  Fork  Western   (incomplete) 4 

FarnswoTth    (incomplete) 14 

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PACTS  ABOUT  UTAH 

Area  in  square  miles 84,990 

Area  in  acres 54,393,600 

Extreme   breadth.,    mile® " 275 

Extreme  length,  miles 345 

Population    350,000 

Number  families  in  .state 75,000 

State  rank  according  to  population 43 

Forest  reserves  in  acres 7,436,327 

Revenue  to  state  from  forest  reserves  this  year $        32,681 

Horticultural  products 1,700,000 

Grain   crop 8,000,000 

Dairy    products .   2,200,000 

Poultry  and  eggs 650,000 

Sugar  besets. 1,900,000 

Woioil 2,520,000 

Sheep,  number  3,115,000,  worth 10,000,000 

Live  stock  industry 17,936,000 

Dividends  from  mimes,   1909    8,000,000 

Dividends  from  mines  since  industry  started .   90,000,000 

Coal  output,  1908 2,951,000 

Contents,  Utah  coal  fields  in  tons 196,548,000,000 

Cement  output  in  1908,  barrels 630,000 

School   attendance 81,553 

School    population 98,660 

Salt,  product,  1908,  worth $169,000 

Eighth  largest  state  in  Union;   admitted  to  Union  January  4, 
1896.     Sego  Lily  is  .state  flower. 


Enough  for  Breakfast 
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THE  LAND  OF  HOPE 

When  you  ciome  from  the  east  and'  land  out  west, 

Where  there's  room  to  breathe  and  the  climate's  best; 

When  you  come  from  the  prim,  staid  east,  I  say, 

With  a  purpose,  'half  evolved,  to  stay, 

And  you  meet  a  man — a  whole-souled  chap — 

And  a  hundred  more — same  kind,  mayhap — 

And  each  says:  "Shake,  new  friend  of  mine; 

Come  right  on  in,  the  water's  fine. 

"You're  from  the  east,  and  so  were  we; 
But  we're  living  now,  as  you  can  see; 
And  you'll  be,  too,  if  you  stake  your  claim 
In  this  man's  town.,  and  you  don't  go  lame. 
Just  clamp  your  claws  ion  the  topmost  roost. 
Crow  with  the  rest,  and  boost — and  boost. 
Just  get  the  spirit;  leave  the  rut, 
And  wealth  is  yours — no  ifs  or  but. ' ' 

I  say,  when  you  come  from  the  east,  out  here 
To  the  land  of  hope,  glad  hands  and  cheer, 
And  you  mieet  real  men,  and  women,  too, 
Who'd  Share  their  last  red  cent  with  you — 
It's  then  you  .smile,  throw  out  your  chest — 
Oh,  what's  the  use?     You  know  the  rest. 
You'll  stick?    You  bet!  and  your  lot  you'll  share 
With  the  western  folk,  for  they're  on  the  square. 

— Author  Unknown. 


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Calder  Bros.  Ice  Co. 


Ice,  Ice  Cream 
Soda  Water 


VERNAL,     UTAH 


The  Willcox  School,  Vernal,  Utah 

Established  by  The  Congregational  Education  Society.  Well  equipped. 
Thoroughly  trained  teachers.  All  grades,  from  Primary  to  Eighth  grade  ; 
and  a  four  years  High  School  course.  Tuition  very  moderate. 

Address,  LUDWIG  THOMSEN;  Principal. 

Post  Card  Studio  and  Taxidermist  Shop 

First- class  work  in  all  lines  connected  with  our  business.  Custom 
work  given  special  attention.  Deer  heads,  rugs  and  other  natural 
history  specimens  always  on  hand.  Satisfaction  guaranteed. 


THORNE  BROS., 


Vernal,  Utah 


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Potato  Field 


Wheat  Field 
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THE  WAY  IN 

To  those  contemplating  a  trip  into  the  Uintah  Basin1,  it  would 
be  well  to  keep  in  mind  that  the  'horse  is  depended  upon  for  a 
greater  part  of  the  trip.  The  most  convenient,  as  well  as  the  short- 
est and  most  economical  route  is  by  way  of  Mack,  Colorado,  and 
Dragon  to  Vernal,  one-half  the  distance  being  rail,  with  first-class 
hotel  accommodations  .all  the  way — a  two-days7  trip.  The  round 
trip  with  team  from  Vernal  to  all  the  principal  points  on  the 
reservation  can  be  made  in  from  3  to  5  days,  the  nearest  point 
being  28  miles.  This  route  is  unquestionably  the  only  practical 
way  of  entering  the  Great  Uintah  Beservation  without  hardship 
or  serious  accidents.  For  further  information  call  on  or  write 
the  Uintah  Livery,  furnishers  of  first-class  conveyances  for  reser- 
vation use. 


Uintak    Livery   Static 

SUMNER   BROS. 


Horses  Boarded 

by  the 
Day,  Week  or 

Month  at 
Reasonable    Rates 

First-Class 

Homeseekers' 

Outfits  for  Rent  or 

Sale 


Vehicles   and 

Horses  Bought, 

Traded  and   Sold 

"  Topper  " 

Saddle  Horses 

a  Specialty 


HOME    OF    IMPORTED    STALLION 


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Uintah  Abstract  Co. 


(INCORPORATED) 


REAL  ESTATE 

ABSTRACTS 

INSURANCE 


CONVEYANCING 

RENTALS 

PROMOTIONS 


Practice  before  the  U.  S.  Land  Office,  and  State  Land  Board 

Enos.  Bennion,  President  Win.  H.  Smart,  Vice- President 

Herbert  Tyzack,  Secretary  Wm.  H.  Siddoway,  Treasurer 

DIRECTORS 

Enos  Bennion  Wm.  H.  Smart  W.  H.  Siddoway 

John  S.  Hacking  John  N.  Davis  Edward  D.  Samuels 

Address:    UINTAH  ABSTRACT  CO.,  Vernal,  Utah 

OFFICE  OVER  POSTOFFICE 


Delicious 

Tke 
Queen  of  Quality  Apples 


As  "Sterling"  is  to  silver,  so  is 
"Stark"  to  trees.  Trees  cannot 
be  stamped  with  an  imprint  as  can 
silver,  but  if  you  buy  "Stark"  trees 
you  are  sure  of  Sterling  Quality. 

C.The  "Start"  Way  is  to  do  things  just  a 
little  bit  better  than  anyone  else.  "Stark" 
trees  are  the  best  trees  grown;  if  there  was  a 
better  way,  we  would  grow  them  just  that  way. 
C,An  Orchard  is  what  you  want  and  need, 
don't  wait,  but  write  today  for  catalogue, 
price  list,  etc. 

Qf/irlr   Rvs\c       NURSERIES 

oldrK  orOS.  &  ORCHARDS 

Capital  Stock.  $1,000,000,  Paid  up. 
General  Offices :  Louisiana.  Mo. 


Paul  Roseberry,  Salesman 

MYTON  AND  VERNAL,  UTAH 
UINTAH  BASIN 

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'The 

Denver  fe?  Rio  Grande 
Railroad 

Scenic  Line  of  the  World 

THE   ONLY  WAY  to   Reach   the 
GREAT   UINTAH   BASIN 


Canon  of  the  Grande  /gSSplplj*,     Canon  of  the  Gunnison 
Eagle  River  Canon  Garden  of  the  Gods 

Wagon  Wheel  Gap  Manitou  Springs 

Glenwood  Springs  The  Royal  Gorge 


Through  Pullman  and  Tourist 
Sleepers 

To  DENVER,  ST.  LOUIS 
and  CHICAGO 

S.  K.  HOOPER,  General  Passenger  Agent,  Denver,  Colo. 


For  folders,  booklets,  etc.,  address 
I.  A.  BENTON,  Gen.  Agt.  Pass.  Dept.,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 

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Uintah  Railway 

Company 


ONNECTIONS  AT  MACK, 

Colorado  with  D.  &  R.  G.  Rail- 
road. Daily  trains  between 
Mack,  Colo,  and  Dragon, 
Utah,  54  miles.  Daily  stage  from 
Dragon  to  Vernal,  Ft.  Duchesne  and 
intermediate  points.  Only  railroad  that 
reaches  the  Uintah  Basin.  A  novel  and 
unique  trip  for  the  homeseeker  and 
tourist.  Road  crosses  famous  Book 
Cliff  range  of  Rocky  Mountains.  Climb- 
ing Baxter  Pass  from  south,  trains  travel 
24  miles  to  cover  actual  distance  of  6 
miles.  Makes  7^  per  cent  grades  and 
66  degree  curves. 


Prompt  and  careful  Freight  and  Passenger  Service. 
For  further  information,  address 

M.  W.  COOLEY,  General   Manager,  Dragon,  Utah 

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THE  HOMESTEAD 


Tke  Favorite  place  in  Vernal 
when  Hungry.     Private  Dining 

Room  for  Families.    Good  Beds 

.  . 

in  connection 


Opposite  Livery  Barn 

HARRY    WOOD,  VERNAL,  UTAH 


DAN  H.  HILLMAN,  Editor  and  Owner 

$2.00  Per  Year 


Best  Weekly  Paper  in 

NORTHEASTERN    UTAH 


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VERNAL  MILLING 
&>  LIGHT  COMPANY 

(Incorporated) 

Capitalization,  $50,000 


OFFICERS 

President S.  R.  Bennion 

Vice-President W.  H.  Siddoway 

Secretary Herbert  Tyzack 

Treasurer J.  K.  Bullock 

DIRECTORS 
C.  S.  Carter  John  C.  Bates 


High  Patent  and  Straight-Grade  Flour  Specialties 
Generate  Electricity  for  Lighting  and  Power  Purposes 

7  Cents  per  K-W  Hour  for  Power.     20  Cents  per  Month  for 
Each  16-Candle-Power  Light 

Electric  Energy  Generated  by  Water  Power 
Location  of  Plant  in  Ashley  Canon,  9  Miles  Distant 

Absolutely  First-Class  Service,  Due  to  the  Latest  Improved 
Machinery  and  Capable  Management 

Connections  Are  Being  Made  to  Every  Part  of  the 
Ashley  Valley 


Address:  VERNAL,  UTAH 

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THEODORE 


JOC ATED  at  the  junction  of  the  Strawberry  and 
Duchesne  Rivers,  in  Wasatch  County.  Fifty- 
two  miles  from  Colton  and  seventy-five  miles 
from  Heber,  the  county  seat,  the  two  nearest 
points  on  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad, 
town  is  so  advantageously  situated  that  there  will 

always  be  abundance  of  pure  mountain  water.    There  is  no 

chance  for  a  pollution  of  the  streams. 

^L  There  are  many  ideal  power  sites  in  the  vicinity,  and 

splendid  opportunities  for  a  good  grist  mill. 

{^Soil,  climatic  conditions,  sunshine  and  shelter  make  the 

surrounding  country  invaluable  for  fruit,  especially  apples. 

All  kinds  of  small  grains,  Irish  potatoes  and  garden  truck 

grow  luxuriantly. 

C,  Nearby  mountains  furnish  excellent  pasturage  for  cattle, 

horses  and  sheep. 

4L  The  famous  Elaterite  beds, 

located  in  nearby  canons. 

C,  75,000  acres  of  tillable 
land  contiguous  to  the  town. 
Cost  of  water,  $2.50  to  $20 
per  acre.  Excellent  opportu- 
nities for  homeseekers  and  all 
classes  of  business.  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  BU1LDING 

^L  For   further    information,    address    SECRETARY    OF    THE 
COMMERCIAL  CLUB. 

THEODORE,  UTAH 


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IRRIGATED   FARMS 

Secure  My  Mortgages,  which  are  first  lien  on 
land  and  water  rights.    High  interests,  long  time  loans. 

Correspond  with,   C.  T.  BEGGS,  Myton,  Utah 

REAL  ESTATE 


WE  BUY  AND  SELL 

Real  Estate,  Town   Lots,  Mining 
Properties,  Bonds,  Mortgages,  Etc. 

Bureau  of  Information  for  Homeseekers.    Foreign 

correspondence  solicited.  References:  All  Business 

Men  of  Vernal. 

OFFICES  IN  COLTHARP  BUILDING.    PHONE  6 
Vernal,  Utah 

J.  A.  WILSON  Homeseekers'  Association 

Lawyer  and  Notary  Public  W.  M.  INMAN,  Mgr. 


FURNITURE  &  STOVES 

BEDDING,  CARPETS,  WALL  PAPER,  LAMPS,  VICTOR  TALKING 
MACHINES — we  guarantee  to  sell  them  at  same  prices  as  they 
are  offered  for  sale  in  New  York,  Chicago,  Salt  Lake  or 

San  Francisco 
L.  H.  WOODARD  VERNAL,  UTAH 

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Tents  and  Tarpaulins 

Homeseekers'  Outfits,  Hardware 

General  Merchandise 
Fresh  and  Cured  Meats 


"/  don't  want  to  tease  you 
But  I  know  my  line  will  please  you ' ' 


J.  M.  COLTH ARP,  MYTON,  UTAH 

I.  W.  ODEKIRK 
General  Merchandise 

HAY    AND    GRAIN 

IRRIGATION     IMPLEMENTS 


MYTON,  UTAH 


Roosevelt  Horseshoeing 

and  Repair  Shop        General 


One  Block  West  of  Colorado  Avenue 

Frederickson  &  Cook,  Roosevelt,  Utah 

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ROOSEVELT 

'  UTAH ' 

In  the  center  of  the  oldest  settled  part  of  the 
Reservation.  Ideal  Fruit,  Sugar  Beet  and 
Grain  Land.  1  05,000  acres.  Abundance 
of  water  at  average  cost  of  $5  per  acre, 
more  reasonable  than  in  many  other  sections. 
Cedar  wood  and  coal  within  a  few  miles. 
Patented  land,  with  permanent  water  right 
sells  for  from  $1  5  to  $30  per  acre.  Soil, 
red  sandy  loam. 

Splendid  School  and  Church 
Buildings 

Dry  Gulch  Irrigation  Company,  one  of  the 
most  gigantic  concerns  of  the  kind  in  Utah, 
has  35  miles  main  canals  and  185  miles  of 
laterals.  500  stockholders. 

For  further  information,  address 

SECRETARY  COMMERCIAL    CLUB 
ROOSEVELT,  UTAH 


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Vernal  Drug 
Comp 


W  .    LLOYD 
Manager 


Uintah    County's    Leading 
_  PRESCRIPTION 

<Inc.r,or.t.a»  J)      R      U      GGI     STS 

Phone  Vernal  16  •••^•••^Mii^^"^"^" 

VERNAL,    UTAH 

A  large  «nd  complete  stock  of  STANDARD  and  PAT- 
ENT MEDICINES,  PERFUMES,  TOILET  AR- 
TICLES, FANCY  GOODS,  STATrONERY, 
RUBBER  GOODS,  DRUGS  and  CHEMICALS. 

Imported  and  Domestic  Cigars 

Prescriptions  carefuMy  and  accurately  prepared.  Your 
patronage  is  always  appreciated.  Mail  us  your  wants  in 
the  drug  line  and  you  will  receive  prompt  and  efficient 
service.  Complete  line  of  A.  D.  S.  preparations. 

SODA  FOUNTAIN  OPEN  ALL  YEAR  ROUND 

WILLIAM  COOK 

CONTRACTOR 
CARPENTER 


Windows,  Doort,  Moulding,  and  Other  Material 

Vernal.  Utah 


MHO. 


BANK   O 
VERNAL 


Transacts  a  General  Banking  Business. 
Pays  interest  on  time  deposits.  Ex- 
changes money  to  all  parts  of  the  world. 
Collects  checks,  drafts,  etc.,  without 
cost  to  our  patrons.  Our  motto: 
"Safety/'  We  invite  the  homeseeker 
and  investor  to  come  to  our  Valley  of 
wondrous  opportunity.  If  you  come  here 
you  will  deposit  with  us,  so  come. 


DIRECTORS 

S.  R.  Bennion,  President  J.  H.  Reader,  Vice-President 

W.  H.  Coltharp          Harden  Bennion  N.  J.  Meagher,  Cashier 


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Address  all  communications  to  BANK  OF 
VERNAL,  Vernal,  Utah. 

Imprint:    CARSON-HARPED   DENVEE 


